Composer, pianist and conductor, Lodi Luka was born in Shkoder (Albania) in 1980.

Nel suo catalogo figurano opere liriche, musiche per orchestra, solisti e orchestra, musiche da camera e per pianoforte solo. Sue composizioni sono state eseguite in diverse istituzioni e stagioni concertistiche in Italia (Festival dei Due Mondi di Spoleto, XX Stage Internazionale del Sassofono di Fermo, 42° Festival Spazio Musica di Cagliari, Festival del Clarinetto di Adria, Filarmonica Laudamo di Messina, Teatro “L.Russolo” di Portogruaro, Teatro “A.Rendano” e Casa della musica di Cosenza, Sala Puccini Milano, Accademia Chigiana di Siena, Teatro “F.Cilea” di Reggio Calabria, Casa della musica di Parma ecc.) e all’estero in Spagna (Conservatorio de Getafe e Università Alfonso X El Sabio Madrid), Austria (Università per la musica e le arti interpretative di Graz), Stati Uniti d’America (Stanford University, Rhode Island University, Colorado Spring College, WPTA Association Missouri, Wesport Center for the Arts), Francia (Festival Internazionale “SaxOpen” di Strasburgo), Albania, Messico, Polonia (Accademia della musica di Breslavia), Croazia (World Saxophone Congress – Università della musica di Zagabria), Kosovo (Kosova Kamerfest – Università di Pristina), Macedonia del Nord, Canada, Grecia, Repubblica Ceca, Bulgaria, Uruguay, Thailandia.

His musical language captures various influences from contemporary music, from classical music and from Albanian folk music. He composed two chamber operas: “Io e l’altro”, freely inspired by a story of J.L.Borges and performed in 2008 at the Conservatory of Cosenza; “Il Sogno” on a libretto by Enrico de Luca, performed in 2010 at the Aroldo Tieri theater in Cosenza. The two operas were later performed in various theaters and concert seasons, also involving school children in projects aimed at introducing them to the world of opera. In December 2017 he won first prize at the Competition for musical composition in the Jewish tradition with the composition “Shirah” for viola and strings which was broadcast on Rai Due and performed live on Rai Radio Tre. In May 2019 he won first prize at the International Composition Competition “Premio Maria Quintieri” with the string quartet “Visioni arcaiche”. In 2021 he conducted his piano concert (Orchestra degli Incontri musicali Mediterranei, soloist Daniele Paolillo) and the double concert for oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet and strings (Pazardzhik Symphony Orchestra, soloists Giuseppe Lo Preiato and Raffaele Bertolini). In 2023 he performed monographic concerts with his music for string orchestra in Kosovo and North Macedonia, conducting the University of Pristina String Orchestra.

His compositions are published in scores by Forton Music (England), Preludio Music (Milan) and Da Vinci Publishing (Osaka – Japan) and in albums by the lables Da Vinci Publishing (Osaka – Japan), Digressione Music, Ema Vinci, Classica dal Vivo. In 2022 the label Accademia 2008 Edizioni Musicali published his monographic albums Visions Chamber Music and Chamber Concerts.

Ha tenuto concerti come pianista e direttore nelle principali città italiane (Milano, Napoli, Roma, Torino, Bari, Messina, Salerno, Cosenza, Portogruaro, Reggio Calabria, Brindisi, Grosseto, Aosta, Gorizia, Varese ecc. e all’estero in Spagna, Grecia (37 Festival Internazionale di Karditsa), Austria, Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia del Nord.

As a conductor he has collaborated with the Pazardzhik Symphony Orchestra (Bulgaria), the Chamber Orchestra “I musici di Parma”, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Bacau (Romania), the Italian Harp Orchestra, the Venice Chamber Orchestra, the Milano Music Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra and the Baroque Ensemble of Messina, the Chamber Orchestra “Talenti d’arte”, the String Orchestra of the University of Prishtina etc.

He made his debut as a solo pianist with the orchestra in 1998, performing the Concerto in D major by F.J.Haydn with the Shkoder Youth Orchestra. He later performed with the National Orchestra of Moldova and with the Bulgarian orchestras of Vidin and Pazardjik under the direction of maestros Ovidiu Balan, Giuseppe Mallozzi and Valentin Doni.

In 2015, together with the clarinetist Antonino Serratore, he founded the Duo New Visions, with which he carries out an intense activity, preferring little-known repertoire and collaborations with different Italian composers.  

The meeting with the pianist Aldo Ciccolini with whom he studied in Paris and Naples was very important for his musical training.

In 2009 he did an internship as a “maestro collaboratore” at the prestigious Vienna State Opera, collaborating with famous singers and conductors.  

He studied orchestra conducting with Ovidiu Balan and Pietro Mianiti, specializing in opera conducting at the "Milan Music Master Opera Academy".

He attended the course of film music composition at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana with the Luis Bakalov, obtaining the Diploma of Merit.

He has taught at the Conservatories of Parma, Brescia and Reggio Emilia. Since 2024 he teaches Theory of Harmony and Analysis at the “Guido Cantelli” Conservatory in Novara.