Giovanni Verrando (Sanremo, 1965) began his musical studies in France at a very early age with the piano and classical guitar. He later studied composition at the Conservatorio "G. Verdi" in Milan with G. Manzoni, N. Castiglioni and G. Zosi, and philosophy at the State University in Milan.
He continued his training at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena with F. Donatoni, receiving Siae Prize and the Diploma of Merit in 1990.

In 1993 he moved to Paris, where he attended the "Cursus annuel d'informatique musicale" of IRCAM. He lived here until 1997, developing as a composer his research on musical informatics.

In the '90s and later he received many prizes in prestigious international competitions: IRCAM/Ensemble Intercontemporain Reading Panel, Gaudeamus Music Week in Amsterdam, Festival International d'Art lyrique in Aix-en-Provence, ISCM World New Music Days and many others.

His research on language, orchestration and electronics has led to his receiving commissions from european institutions (French Ministry of Culture, Biennale of Venezia, IRCAM in Paris, MaerzMusik in Berlin, and others) and his works have been performed by orchestras, ensembles and soloists of international fame (Arditti String Quartet, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI, Les Percussions de Strasbourg, and many others).

In these years, his music has been presented at festivals and seasons all over the world: Wien Modern, Centre G. Pompidou - Paris, Berliner Festspiele, Festival Musica - Strasbourg, Opera Bastille - Paris, Biennale di Venezia, Tonhalle - Zürich, Milano Musica, Stockholm New Music, Roma Europa, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Archipel de Geneve, Festival Ultima - Oslo, Shangai, Varsavia, Tokyo, Royaumont, Köln, Helsinki, Amsterdam, etc.

His musical production is characterized by two different periods. During the first one his works were developed mostly through harmonic fields (works as "Alex Brücke Langer", "Sottile",  "Il ruvido dettaglio celebrato da Aby Warburg" are part of the first phase). Then, starting from 2005, his musical research is focused on the inharmonic part of the spectrum, on noise and the micro-properties of each sound ("Triptych", "Memorial Art Show", "Dulle Griet").

In April 2003 ‘Alex Brücke Langer’ was produced: it was a portrait directed by Yoshi Oida and commissioned by Festival International d’Art Lyrique in Aix-En-Provence and by the Fondazione Nuovo Teatro Comunale of Bolzano.

Co-deviser of RepertorioZero, the electric ensemble and international group of musicians founded in 2007 that carries out research on the new lutherie. In 2011 RepertorioZero received the Silver Lion of the 55th Biennale di Venezia.

The CD "Orchestral works", with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai conducted by Pierre-André Valade, was issued in early 2008.

He leads Orchestration and Theory of composition courses in the Master of Arts in Composition and Music Theory of Conservatory of Lugano, Switzerland, where in the two year period 2009-10 he is developing a research project on the orchestration and the new lutherie.
He leads Composition courses at the Scuola Civica in Milano and seminars in Italy and abroad.
His music is published by Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, Milano.