Giovanni Zanotti

Giovanni Zanotti was an eighteenth-century Italian composer and organist associated with Bologna. A pupil of Padre Martini, he became a member of the Accademia Filarmonica and worked at San Petronio, later teaching piano at the Liceo Filarmonico. His output includes sacred music, keyboard works and the opera L’Olimpiade. His career reflects Bologna’s role as a centre of composition, performance and musical education.