Giovanni Battista Mazza
is a graduate of the Conservatorio “Giuseppe Verdi” in Milan in
Organ,
Piano,
Composition and
Orchestral Direction.He has taken part in several courses of specialization.
He is active as a concert artist, first as organist - in 1986 he was first prize winner in the “Giovani organisti d'Europa” (Young European Organists) International Competition in Pisa - then as conductor, in collaboration with such prestigious institutions as the Fondazione Arena di Verona, the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala, the Orchestra Milano Classica, the Accademia Filarmonica Romana, the Teatro Comunale of Ferrara, the Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo and the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi.
He has also taken part in important Festivals and Exhibitions in many European countries in collaboration with orchestras and soloists of international fame. His début in the operatic field was in the Ukraine, conducting Puccini's “La Bohème” at the Dniepropetrovsk Opera House.
He has performed world premières of numerous works of contemporary composers, many of which dedicated to him.
He has recorded for the RTSI (Swiss National television), for the Bulgarian National Radio and for the RAI (Italian National television) and has made recordings of the music of Bach and of contemporary Italian composers.
He devotes himself with particular interest to the Italian symphonic repertoire, also researching and performing little known pieces. One hundred years after their composition, together with the “Orchestra Cittą di Ferrara” he offered the opportunity to hear some unpublished pages of the work of Ottorino Respighi.
He has made transcriptions and performances of works by Aldo Finzi.
He teaches organ and organ composition at the Conservatorio “Giuseppe Verdi” in Milan.