Rossini was an Italian national composer.

Gioacchino Rossini (1792~1868) was born in Pesaro, a port city on the Venetian Gulf in eastern Italy in 1792. He died in Paris, France in 1868. He was an Italian composer. He composed 39 operas as well as religious music and chamber music during his lifetime.

Rossini's father supported France and welcomed Napoleon's troops as they entered northern Italy. But when the Austrian army reoccupied the place, he was imprisoned.

Gioacchino Antonio Rossini's parents were also musicians. His father was a trumpeter and his mother was a singer. He received musical training at an early age. By the age of six he was playing triangle in his father's band.

Rossini's main works:

"The Barber of Seville", "The Magpie and the Thief", "Cinderella", "Italian Girl in Algiers", " Tancredi", "William Tell", "La Marianne".