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Place of Birth: Palermo, Sicily, Italy
About 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 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.
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