D'Aquila, Giovanni (b. 1966, Grotte). Italian composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, and electroacoustic works that have been performed throughout Europe and elsewhere; he is also active as a pianist. Mr. D'Aquila studied piano privately with Vincenzo Mannino and earned a diploma at the Conservatorio V. Bellini in Palermo in 1989, where he later studied composition with Marco Betta and Alberto Giraldi and graduated in 1998. He also studied piano privately with Constance Channon-Douglass in Rome and with Ennio Pastorino in Reggio Emilia in the 1980s.
His music has been performed in Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, and the USA.
He is also active in other positions. He served as the assistant to the artistic director and musical assistant of the orchestra of the Fondazione Teatro Massimo in Palermo from 2000-02.
He taught composition at the Conservatorio A. Corelli in Messina in 1999-2000.
Mnemes and Sonzogno publish most of his music.
Web: http://composers21.com/compdocs/daquilag.htm (2010)