Lorenzo Colombo

Lorenzo Colombo [b.1990, Milan] is a percussionist and performer based in Milan, Italy.Dedicated to researching and promoting new music he is collaborating with the contemporary music ensembles Divertimento Ensemble , Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen, Sentieri Selvaggi, MDI ensemble.

He has been identified as a promising young performer by the Ulysses Network for the season 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 being involved in different activities such as a collaboration with Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie - IEMA. Lorenzo has been selected as percussion player for the ULYSSES ENSEMBLE 2018 collaborating with Ensemble Intercontemporain.

Winner of the “Premio Nazionale delle Arti” in 2011, the Yamaha Foundation of Europe in 2013, the International Percussion Competition in 2015, he is one of the eight international percussion players chosen by Steven Schick to participate in the “Manifeste 2016” hosted by IRCAM in Paris. He performed in several festivals, (including the Manifeste Ircam, Warsaw Autumn Festival, Darmstadt Summer Courses, Biennale Musica Venezia, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Klang Festival in Copenhagen, Rondò Divertimento Ensemble, MI.TO, Milano Musica,Classical Next in Rotterdam, Kontakte Biennale für Elektroakustische Musik und Klangkunst in Berlin, Festival Aperto, Romaeuropa Festival.He has been invited as artist to Beijing for the 2019 PAS (Percussive Arts Society) giving masterclass and being involved as a jury member.

Performing the world premiere of numerous works collaborating with many composers as well as the composition classes in Milan and Copenhagen he had masterclasses with Steven Schick (IRCAM Paris), Jean Geoffroy (Conservatorio G. Verdi Milano), Christian Dierstein and Arnold Marinissen (Summer courses in in 2014), Colin Currie (Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme 2017).

Lorenzo is working with numerous chamber groups trying to explore different languages including electronics, videos, installations and others.His current projects are ZAUM_percussion (artist in residence at Festival Milano Musica) NEKO3, reConvert , SEIT QUARTET, MONOC.