Giovanni Valentini (classical era composer)

This article is about the classical era composer. For the baroque period composer, see Giovanni Valentini.

Giovanni Valentini (c. 1750 – 1804) was an Italian classical era composer, poet and painter. He is best remembered for his innovative instrumental music.^[1] Among his many works are two operas, La statua matematica and Le nozze in contrasto, the latter of which premiered at the Teatro San Moisè, Venice, in November 1774.^[2][3][4]