Composer · b. 1961
Giorgio Colombo Taccani
Biography
Giorgio Colombo Taccani, born in Milan in 1961, is an Italian composer. He graduated in piano and composition from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, studying composition with Pippo Molino and Azio Corghi, and continued his training with Franco Donatoni at Rome’s Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He also attended courses with György Ligeti and a computer-music workshop at IRCAM.
Alongside his musical training, he studied modern literature at the University of Milan with Francesco Degrada. His dissertation on Bruno Maderna’s Hyperion received the Premio Missiroli in 1993. His music explores instrumental colour, expressive detail and clearly articulated musical form.