Alessandro Solbiati

Alessandro Solbiati is an Italian composer born on 9 September 1956. He is renowned for his instrumental music for chamber ensembles and orchestras, art songs, and operas. Solbiati's international recognition is reflected in commissions and awards, and numerous recordings of his works. As an academic, he has imparted musical knowledge in Italy and France, teaching at prestigious institutions. Instrumental in setting poetic works to music, his adaptions include those of Baudelaire and Rilke. His operatic works often reference Russian literature, with 'Leggenda' drawing from Dostoyevsky's 'The Brothers Karamazov'.