Daniele Lombardi (Firenze, 1946 – Firenze, 2018)
Over the years, the composer Daniele Lombardi held several concerts featuring his works in various locations within the Fattoria di Celle property, from the meeting room inside the farmhouse to outdoors in the park, where he inaugurated the TeatroSpazioCelle di Beverly Pepper with his composition L’ora alata in June 1992.
In 2015, after what he describes as a “flash that endowed the Cappella di Celle with the Porta Sonora,” Giuliano Gori invited his fraternal friend — who is a composer, musician, and visual artist — to design a doorway for the small church. The meeting took place on July 5, when Lombardi presented the commissioner with some musical scores selected from among his compositions. After a careful examination of each sheet, the choice (which Gori describes as “love at first sight”) fell on the notation that bears the title Vergine Madre, inspired by the last canticle of Dante’s Paradiso. The piece is part of Divina.com, a larger project that the musician had devoted to the 34 Dante plaques placed in as many points in the city of Florence, messages from the poet that had accompanied the maturation of the Florentine artist.
