JACOPO GIANNINOTO
Jacopo Gianninoto is an Italian composer, producer, guitarist, and lutenist.
He is a professor of classical guitar, music history, as well as songwriting at the Music Faculty of Assumption University of Thailand.
After graduating in classical guitar from the “Pedrollo” Conservatory, he continued his studies specializing in early music repertoire performed on historical instruments such as Lute, Theorbo, Baroque Guitar and Romantic Guitar.
He served for ten years as a member of the Scientific Committee of the Ugo and Olga Levi Foundation in Venice, he has been a member of the executive committee of Siam Opera and the Siam Philharmonic Orchestra. He also served as Chairman of the Department of Music at Assumption University for four years.
Artistically, his work focuses on multidisciplinary projects developed in collaboration with visual arts, dance, and theatre. Over the years he has created and directed numerous projects presented internationally in performances and academic conferences, including Renaissance Redux, The Praise of Folly, Romance Is a Hoax, One-on-One Performance, The Giordano Bruno Project, Lux in Tenebris, Please Don’t Entertain Me, Chiaroscuro, Herometic, and Ruzante: Parole Intrappolate.
He has published several guitar volumes with Armelin Musica (Padua), including works on S. L. Weiss, as well as academic articles on a range of topics such as classical guitar performance techniques, improvisation and composition, and even studies on Tibetan Buddhism and sound.
He regularly gives workshops on the performance of early music on modern instruments, particularly for guitarists, as well as seminars on composition, music production, and songwriting.
He also collaborates as a creative director and composer on various fashion-related marketing projects, creating original music or curated selections for international fashion shows. In addition, he writes and produces songs in various genres for both established and emerging artists.
In 2024 he was awarded the title of “Padovano Eccelente” by the city of Padua.