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The Italian tenor, Massimo Lombardi, trained in Italy and Belgium. She studied vocal technique with Magda Koczka and Alessio Tosi, perfecting herself in singing master-classes with Jill Feldman, Katalin Halmai and Dirk Snellings. He also attended courses on Renaissance and Baroque performance practice with Peter Phillips, Sigiswald Kuijken, Pedro Memelsdorff, Wim Becu, Simen van Mechelen and Rinaldo Alessandrini. He also studied Composition with Alessandro Ruo Rui and Prepolyphony with Fulvio Rampi. He studied also classical guitar, obtaining the diploma in 2010 at Conservatorio di Torino. A the same insitute he also studied composition and Gregorian singing. He is a certified sound engineer after studying at Centro Professione Musica (CPM) in Milan, obtaining a diploma in 2000.
Massimo Lombardi specialized in Baroque repertoire. He works on a regular basis with some notable early music groups: Vox Luminis (Director: Lionel Meunier), La Compagnia del Madrigale, Concerto Italiano (Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini), La Venexiana (Director: Claudio Cavina), Il Pomo d'Oro, La Fonte Musica, La Cetra Vokalensemble (Director: Andrea Marcon), Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri. With these and other ensembles he performed in some of the best European music festivals and venues: Oude Muziek Utrecht, Wiener Konzerthaus, Salzburger Festspiele, Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik, Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, BOZAR Bruxelles, MA Bruges, The Lammermuir Festival, Festival Musica Sacra Maastricht, Festival d’Ambronay, Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ Amsterdam, Festival de Beaune.
In addition to ensemble-singing, Massimo Lombardi also performs as a soloist with a repertoire ranging from Italian Seicento to early Romanticism, with a particular fondness for Monteverdi and J.S. Bach, often covering the role of Evangelist. He recently has been Mondo and Consiglio in Vox Luminis’ production of Rappresentazione di Anima e Corpo at Wigmore Hall in London and Teatro Real de Madrid, Secondo Pastore in Monteverdi’s Orfeo in Montecarlo Opera and Salzburger Festspiele and sang in several productions of Monteverdi’s Vespers and J.S. Bach's Passions across Europe.
Massimo Lombardi is founder (2018) and conductor of I Disinvolti, a vocal-instrumental ensemble dedicated to rediscover inedited Italian music of the 17th century. The ensemble’s first recording - Vespers for the Blessed Virgin by Rigatti in world premiere - gained excellent reviews by the specialized press (Gramophone, Toccata Magazine, Klassik.com).
Massimo Lombardi recorded for Arcana, Glossa, Naxos, CPO, Erato Warner, Aparté, Naïve, Da Vinci. He also works as editor and producer for early music and classical recordings. |
