Giovanni Bolzoni (15 May 1841 – 21 February 1919)[1] was an Italian composer and violinist, who is known for his Minuet for String Orchestra.
[2] In 1887, he became director of the Istituto Musicale, concertmaster at the Teatro Regio di Parma and of the Concerti Popolari.
Among his notable pupils were composers Carlo Adolfo Cantù and Edgard Varèse.
[4] In 1884, he conducted the premiere of the revised version of Puccini's opera Le Villi.
Besides the popular Minuet, Bolzoni composed the operas Il matrimonio civile (premiered in Parma, 1870), La stella delle Alpi (Savona, 1876), and Jella (Piacenza, 1881).