Born in Italy in 1987, Giovanni Lonati studied with Daniela Ghigino, Marylène Mouquet and Sasha Bajcic (former pupil of Evgenij Malinin, one of the most significant successors of H. Neuhaus). He attended Conservatorio G. Verdi in Milan and Conservatorio S. Cecilia in Rome, graduating cum laude and honourable mention, obtaining also a scholarship (“Premio Adriana Giannuzzi”) as the best graduate of the year 2014.
Also in 2014 he was awarded the prize “Premio Pianistico Regione Lazio” and in 2011 at a national competition (“Concorso Pianistico Maria Giubilei” in Sansepolcro) was entitled to a scholarship for the Sommerakademie of Mozarteum in Salzburg, where he attended a course with Sergio Perticaroli. He also took part in several other courses and masterclasses with Michele Marvulli, Eli Perrotta, Chiaralberta Pastorelli, Bruno Canino, Rudolf Meister.
Since 2008 he has held many recitals for concert seasons and festivals throughout Italy such as “Young Artists Piano Solo Series”, “The Bruckner Project” and “Pausa Museo” for Roma Tre Orchestra (Rome), “Noi Con Brahms” for “Associazione Kreisleriana” (Milan), the City Concerts of “Piano City Milano”, “Festival Pianistico di Roma”, “Associazione Bernardo Pasquini” (Formello), “I Concerti di Primavera” (Anguillara Sabazia), “Let’s Britten” (Rome).
In July 2019 he made his UK debut in Bath, holding a recital of Chopin and Beethoven, which encountered very positive feedback and reviews and in 2023 he played for Tincleton Gallery Concerts in Dorset.
He taught in several schools throughout the years, among which “Anton Rubinstein” music school in Rome and association “Eidos Musica”, through which he has organised concerts with colleague Cristina De Luca, performing both as soloists and in piano duo, in various local festivals.
Always flexible and eclectic in his approach to music, he is also active as a composer and choir singer. For some years he sang bass for “Prima Prattica Ensemble”, a vocal group based in Rome, performing mainly Renaissance music.