Featured in the Los Angeles Times in 2021, Giovanni Piacentini is a composer, performer, educator and advocate for the music of others. Recently praised as “paying homage to the important cultural heritage of music in the west” by Forbes magazine, Giovanni has established himself as a significant voice in Latin American classical music. Arkiv Magazine described Piacentini’s playing as “displaying degrees of sophistication and control that can’t help but mark him as a virtuoso.” He was invited to do a solo guitar tour of China in 2018 and has performed his own compositions in prestigious halls such as the San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts, the Museo Nacional in Mexico City and Carnegie Hall. His music has been performed by some of the worlds greatest instrumentalists like classical guitarist Eliot Fisk, the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet, the Lyris string quartet, violinists Tim Fain and Movses Pogossian among many more. He has released 5 albums that have earned him a feature on the prestigious British music magazine Gramophone and a nomination for an Independent Music Award in 2020 . He recently earned his PhD in Music Composition at the University of California Los Angeles where he served as Teaching Fellow in music theory and aural skills. He resides in Los Angeles where he teaches at Mt. San Antonio College and the National Children’s Chorus.