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Luigi Russolo Biography

• Born April 30, 1885 in Portogruaro, northeastern Italy
• He initially aspired to be a musician and taught himself music.
• Around 1909, he met Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and others in Milan and joined the Futurist movement.
• In 1910, he signed the "Futurist Painting Technical Manifesto" together with Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo Balla, Carlo Carrà, and Gino Severini, and began his career as a Futurist painter.
• In 1913, he published a manifesto entitled "The Art of Noise" in which he proposed the theory of "noise art. "
• Developed "Intonarumori," an instrument that uses noise as a musical material, and held a concert
• After World War I, he focused on his musical career, continuing to refine and compose intonarumori.
• From the 1930s onwards, he became more interested in philosophy and the occult, and distanced himself from artistic activities.
• Died on February 4, 1947, in Cerro di Laveno-Mombello, northern Italy, at the age of 61.

Representative works

• "Perfum" (1910)
• Railway Station (Stazione ferroviaria) (c. 1910-11)
• Syntheses of Dynamism (1912)
• Dynamism of an Automobile (1913)
• Force on the Rails (1911)

Although Russolo began as a painter, he achieved even greater success in the field of music. He criticized traditional music for its limited use of tones and argued that music appropriate for the age of mechanical civilization should actively incorporate all the "noises" emitted by cities and machines. This theory, known as "noise art," is widely recognized as his most important achievement under the keyword "Luigi Russolo noise art." Furthermore, in order to compose noise into music, Russolo invented a noise-generating device called the "intonarumori," an instrument capable of generating various types of noise and controlling pitch and rhythm. Under the keyword "intonarumori," it has been noted as a pioneering experiment in experimental music and sound art.

His paintings, many of which express movement, speed, and dynamism based on Futurist ideals, are not as widely known as his musical achievements. However, recent reevaluation has brought renewed attention to Russolo as a painter. His paintings, noise art, and intonarumori are important legacies of 20th-century art, and have had a major influence on the development of contemporary music and sound art. Russolo's work and theories are studied not only in Italy but around the world, and you can find information about his achievements by searching for "Luigi Russolo Futurism" or "Luigi Russolo works."