Giovanni Sollima

Giovanni Sollima (born 24 October 1962 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy) is an Italian composer and cellist. He was born into a family of musicians and studied cello with Giovanni Perriera and composition with his father, Eliodoro Sollima, at the Conservatorio di Palermo, where he graduated with highest honors. He later studied with Antonio Janigro and Milko Kelemen at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart and at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg. As a composer, Sollima's influences are wide ranging, taking in jazz and rock, as well as various ethnic traditions from the Mediterranean area. Sollima's music is influenced by minimalism, with his compositions often featuring modal melodies and repetitive structures. Because his works are characterized by a more diverse and eclectic approach to material than the early American minimalist composers, the American critic Kyle Gann has called Sollima a postminimalist composer. Sollima teaches at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome and plays a cello by Francesco Ruggieri (made in Cremona in 1679). He has collaborated with the American poet and musician Patti Smith, appearing on her records and performing with her in concert. He also collaborates with the Silk Road Project.

Lavoreremo da grandi - 2026-03-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Classiche Forme: Opere Prime - 2026-03-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Chopin. Works for cello and piano (Piano Erard 1850. Violoncello Ruggieri 1679.) - 2025-11-22T00:00:00.000000Z

J.S. Bach: Cello Suites - 2024-10-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Folk & Ba-Rock Cello - 2024-09-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Trittico - 2024-07-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Short Trio Stories - 2024-07-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Al-Bunduqiyya – The Lost Concerto - 2024-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Cento domeniche (Colonna Sonora Originale) - 2023-11-24T00:00:00.000000Z

Offenbach: Complete Duos for 2 Cellos - 2023-01-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Untitled - 2022-06-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Elgar: Cello Concerto, Enigma Variations - 2021-09-24T00:00:00.000000Z

Sollima: Chamber Music - 2021-05-28T00:00:00.000000Z

The Lady from the Sea. Duos for Violin and Cello from Vivaldi to Sollima - 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Sollima: Natural Songbook - 2019-11-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Violin Concertos - 2019-02-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Violoncello and - 2018-05-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Sollima: 4 Strings - 2018-03-23T00:00:00.000000Z

100 Cellos (Live) - 2018-02-16T00:00:00.000000Z

A Clandestine Night In Rome - 2017-06-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Costanzi: Sinfonie per violoncello - 2017-04-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Schubert: Quintetto per archi in do maggiore, D.956; Gretchen am Spinnrade, D.118 (Parafrasi) - 2017-01-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Sonate di terra e di mare - 2016-09-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Costanzi: Cello Sonatas - Giovanni Sollima: Il mandataro - 2016-05-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Onyricon - 2015-10-23T00:00:00.000000Z

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