Composer – Musician – Lyricist

(Bio written by Steve Thomson)
Luciano Lombardi is an accomplished composer, arranger and pianist. Growing up in Italy, a self-taught musician, he decided to advance his musical knowledge studying music theory, harmony and piano in Rome from 1989 to 2005. To support his musical studies he worked in radio starting out as an audio technician which led him into becoming an announcer and finally program director, all the while gaining incredible knowledge about music and the business of music. During this time he wrote and produced music for many programs as well as writing and producing jingles and commercials.

Greatly influenced by world famous Italian composer Ennio Morricone, Luciano was encouraged to focus on composing and now has over 200 completed musical compositions covering all genres of music.

A Canadian by birth right, Luciano moved to Toronto in late 2005 to learn English and broaden his musical boundaries. During his short time in Toronto he has produced music for multimedia software houses, animation and music therapy projects as well as some commercials and radio jingles. He has aligned himself with noted music publishing house Backstage Music Publishing and is focusing his talents on writing music for film.

• Piano, keyboards, computer music programming, home recording and audio editing.

• Classical, Pop, Instrumental, Soundtracks, New Age, Other
• Sample recordings available on CD upon request or downloadable from website.

Composition

• “Tema per Ennio” – dedicated to Ennio Morricone, the famous Italian composer, in 1997.
• Songs for theatrical plays.
• Jingles and introductory music for radio broadcasting.
• Music for multimedia software houses and “New Age” style music for poets.
• Music for a psychologist’s curative CD on Parkinson’s Disease.
• Anime soundtrack for Laboratory School, Columbus Centre, Toronto, 2006.
• Internet and TV commercial/musical jingle for a famous Italian ice cream shop in Toronto, 2006.

Performance

• Performed at the Toronto International Film Festival (September 2008)
• Performed at the Toronto Italian Film Festival (June 2008)
• Performed at Waterfalls Restaurant downtown Toronto (May 2010)

Voice

• Tenor in church polyphonic choirs.

Instruction

• Taught piano lessons to young and beginner students.

“Synthesia” – Piano and Harmony (Rome, Italy) 2003-2005
“Scoring for Film” course (Rome, Italy) 1998
“Il Madrigale” – Piano and Theory (Rome, Italy) 1989-1991

• Computer analyst and programmer, web developer.
• Four years of experience in radio broadcasting as a music director/announcer, news editor/ producer/ reporter, broadcast recording and mixer audio technician.
• A published novelist (Di stanze – Aracne Editrice, Italy, 2006) and poet (anthologie).