Background
Battistelli, Giorgio was born on April 25, 1953 in Albano Laziale, Italy.
Battistelli, Giorgio was born on April 25, 1953 in Albano Laziale, Italy.
Studied history of music, with Claudio Annibaldi. Studied piano, with Antonello Neri. Studied composition, with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Mauricio Kagel, Cologne, 1975.
Studied technique and interpretation, with Jean Pierre Drouet and Gaston Sylvestrie, Paris, 1978—1979. Graduate composition, with Giancarlo Bizzi, Conservatorio A Casella of L'Aquila, 1978.
Co-founder music groups Edgar Varèse, 1974, Beat 72, Rome, 1974. With Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Berlin, 1985—1986. Artistic director International Art Workshop of Montepulciano, Italy, since 1996, Orchestra della Toscana, Italy, 1996—2002, Società Aquilana dei Concerti, Italy, 2000—2005, Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Rome, 2005—2007, Area Foundation Verona, Italy, since 2006.
Director Venice Biennale Musica, Italy, since 2004. Composer-in-residence Antwerp Opera, Belgium, 2005—2006, Düsseldorf Opera, Germany, 2007—2008.