Giovanni Albini

Italian Contemporary Classical Composer and Musician

Italian composer born in 1982 Giovanni Albini's music has been performed by international soloists, ensembles and orchestras all around the world. Besides his concert works, he has written tracks for video installations, exhibitions, multimedia, commercials, video games and television, which have been commissioned and used by many distinguished international brands. His theoretical research focuses on mathematical music theory and its application to composition. He has given several lectures on this subject at universities, music schools and conservatoires. He taught composition, Harmony, Music Theory, Computer Music and Mathematical Music Theory at the "F. Vittadini" Higher Institute of Music Studies in Pavia, and of Music Theory at the conservatoires of Ravenna and Modena. He is the founder and artistic director of the highScore New Music Center in Pavia, Giovanni Albini studied composition at the Conservatorio "G. Verdi" in Milan , obtaining a Diploma Accadomico di Primo livello with full marks and a Diploma Accademico di Secondo Livello (cum laude). He later received a Diploma di Perfezionamento at the prestigious Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He also received a BSc and an MSc in mathematics, and a diploma in classical guitar.