NEC Composers’ Concert’
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 / 7:30pm
Jordan Hall
Please join us for an evening of music by NEC faculty composers.
Tonight’s concert, curated by Stratis Minakakis, will include John Mallia’s Dodo, Nima Janmohammadi’s solo setar performance, Stratis Minakakis’ Phoni Avras Leptis, Davide Ianni’s Impromptu nel vuoto, Anthony Coleman’s The Worms Are In Their Brains, and Sid Richardson’s Rock Garden.
Davide Ianni was born in Rieti, Italy and began his musical career as guitar player - classical, rock, jazz, free-improvisation. In 1998 Ianni enrolled in Berklee College of Music, where he obtained his Bachelor Degrees with Magna Cum Laude distinction, dual major in Music Composition and Film Scoring in 2001 Back in Italy he studied conducting with Gianluigi Gelmetti at the Accademia Chigiana (Siena, Italy) and arranging at the Conservatorio Doninzetti (Bergamo, Italy). In the summer of 2003 Ianni worked as assistant conductor for the Opera Fiesole summer season.