Giovanni Togni
got first class degrees in harpsichord, piano and choir direction. At the same time he studied composition and organ and he was introduced to the knowledge of early pianos by his teacher Laura Alvini.

Winner of music competitions in Italy (Bologna 1993) and abroad (ECBO selections, Paris 1991), he has performed as a continuo player (at both harpsichord and organ) with many ensembles, such as Ensemble Concerto, Il Complesso Barocco, Accademia Bizantina, Ensemble Aurora, the European Community Baroque Orchestra (ECBO), the RAI Orchestra in Rome, the Orchestra Mozart conducted by Claudio Abbado.

Furthermore, he had collaborations with lyric institutions like the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and the Opéra de Monte-Carlo and he performed in prestigious Italian and European early music and chamber music festivals, as a soloist at the harpsichord and fortepiano and in ensembles.

He recorded for labels such as Glossa, Brilliant, Amadeus, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, EMI-Virgin, Deutsche Grammophone (Archiv Produktion), for the Radiotelevisione Italiana and other European broadcasters.

As lecturer, speaker and jury member, he cooperated with several institutions like the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice and the early music courses in Urbino.

He taught harpsichord and historical keyboards at Cagliari and Como Conservatories.

He is currently a professor for the same disciplines at Milan Conservatory.