Italian composer and producer Giovanni Albini
has written several tracks for video art,
exhibitions, multimedia, commercials and television: his tracks have been
commissioned and used by international brands like Armani, Alfa Romeo and BMW
and his scores have won several composition prizes and have been performed by
international soloists, ensembles, and orchestras all around the world (Europe,
USA, Canada and Japan).
His theoretical researches focus on Mathematical Music Theory and its
application to Composition. On the topic, he has given several lectures at
prestigous universities and conservatories like Yale University (MCM2009),
Lithuanian Union of Composers, Università degli Studi di Milano, Università IULM
and Università di Pavia. He writes about classical and contemporary music in the
"Intelligence and Lifestyle" section of the Italian magazine "Il Sole 24 Ore",
the leading italian financial newspaper.
He was full professor of Composition and
Counterpoint at the Conservatory "C. Monteverdi" of Bolzano, and he is professor
of Harmony, Music Theory and Mathematical music theory in Pavia at the "F.
Vittadini" Higher Institute of Music Studies. He is the Artistic Director of the
highSCORE New Music Center.
Born in 1982, he studied Composition at Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in
Milan obtaining a full marks Degree and a cum laude Second Degree (Master). He
got then a Composition 'Diploma di Alto Perfezionamento' at the prestigious
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome and he also received a BS and a MS
in Mathematics and a Diploma in Classical Guitar.
(c) G. Albini 2011
