Pollini (fashion)
Pollini may refer to: * Francesco Pollini (1762–1846), Italian pianist and composer * Gino Pollini (1903–1991), Italian architect, father of Maurizio * John Pollini (born 1945), American professor of Art History and History at the University of Southern California * Maurizio Pollini (born 1942), Italian classical pianist * Renato Pollini (1925–2010), Italian politician and mayor * Apollonia (Illyria) Apollonia (Ancient Greek, Koine Greek: Ἀπολλωνία, ἡ; city-ethnic: Ἀπολλωνιάτης, ''Apolloniates''; la, Apollonia; sq, Apollonia or ''Apolonia'') was an Ancient Greek trade colony which developed into an independent polis ...

Francesco Pollini
Francesco Giuseppe Pollini (25 March 1762 – 17 September 1846) was an Italian pianist, composer and academic. Life Pollini was born in Ljubljana (now in Slovenia) in 1762, son of a doctor. He moved to Vienna in 1783, and was a student there of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He returned to Ljubljana, performing there as a singer and actor. In Italy he appeared as a pianist, violinist and opera singer, appearing in several cities. From 1790 he lived mainly as a piano teacher in Milan, where in 1793 he took lessons from Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli. He made guest appearances in Paris and in German cities. From 1809 he was a professor of piano at Milan Conservatory; he died in Milan in 1846."Pollini, Franz (Francesco) (1762-1846), Komponist, Pianist und Musikpädagoge"

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Gino Pollini
Gino Pollini (19 January 1903 in Rovereto – 25 January 1991 in Milan) was an Italian architect. Life Gino Pollini was born in Rovereto on January 19, 1903, to Luigi Pollini, a shopkeeper, and Teresa Miori Pollini. At the time of Pollini's birth, Rovereto was part of Austria. After WWI, the city became part of the north eastern region of Trentino–Alto Adige in Italy. In 1921, he began studies at the Politecnico di Milano, taking courses off and on, and received his architecture degree in 1927. He married Renata Melotti, sister of sculptor Fausto Melotti and cousin of theorist Carlo Belli, in February 1931. They had a child Maurizio in 1942. Career In 1926 Pollini joined Gruppo 7 ( Sebastiano Larco, Guido Frette, Carlo Enrico Rava, Luigi Figini, Giuseppe Terragni, Ubaldo Castagnoli), and from 1929 he worked in collaboration with Luigi Figini. Figini & Pollini had a long association with the Olivetti company from 1934 through 1957, designing many of their head ...
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John Pollini
John Pollini (born October 15, 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American art historian, archeologist, and educator. A scholar of Ancient Rome, Pollini is the USC Associates Professor of Art History at the University of Southern California. Career Born in Boston to Isabell and Frederick, Pollini graduated magna cum laude from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in Classics in 1968. He then continued on to the University of California, Berkeley, where he received a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology, in 1973 and 1978 respectively. In 1979, Pollini began his teaching career as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics at Johns Hopkins University. A year later, he was hired to a dual role there as Assistant Professor of Classics and Curator of the Archeological Museum. In 1987, Pollini moved to the University of Southern California as Associate Professor of Classics and Art History. Four years later, he was ...
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Maurizio Pollini
Maurizio Pollini (born 5 January 1942) is an Italian pianist. He is known for performances of compositions by Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy, among others. He has also championed and performed works by contemporary composers such as Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, George Benjamin, Roberto Carnevale, Gianluca Cascioli and Bruno Maderna Bruno Maderna (21 April 1920 – 13 November 1973) was an Italian conductor and composer. Life Maderna was born Bruno Grossato in Venice but later decided to take the name of his mother, Caterina Carolina Maderna.Interview with Maderna‘s th .... Works composed for him include Luigi Nono's '' ..... sofferte onde serene ...'', Giacomo Manzoni's ''Masse: omaggio a Edgard Varèse'' and Salvatore Sciarrino's Fifth Sonata. Life and career Pollini was born in Milan to the Italian rationalist architect Gino Pollini, who has been said to be the first to bring Modernist architecture to Italy in the 1930s, and his wife Renata Melotti (sister o ...
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Renato Pollini
Renato Pollini (8 February 1925 – 20 August 2010) was an Italian politician. Biography Pollini was a member of the Italian Communist Party and was elected Mayor of Grosseto on 29 July 1951. He was re-elected for other three terms in 1956, 1960 and 1964. Pollini served as assessor and member of the Regional Council of Tuscany from 1970 to 1985. He served at the Italian Parliament as a member of the Senate for two legislatures ( IX, X). See also *1983 Italian general election *1987 Italian general election *List of mayors of Grosseto The Mayor of Grosseto is an elected politician who, along with the Grosseto's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Grosseto in Tuscany, Italy. The current Mayor is Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna, a Centre-right in Italy, ... References Bibliography * External links * * * * 1925 births 2010 deaths Mayors of Grosseto Members of the Regional Council of Tuscany Democratic Party of the Left politicians I ...
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