About
Premiere of "trame di sangue grigio"
Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Concert Series, April 2022
Simon Bainbridge, tributo a Levi
Article published on layOut Magazine, April 2022
Peabody Composition Competition Winners Announced
News published on The Peabody Post, July 2021
Premiere of "dal nostro cupo sempreverde"
Published on Fondazione Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte, July 2021
Babbitt e il mito di Filomela in musica
Article published on layOut Magazine, July 2021
Intervista con Matteo Belli, compositore
Interview published on Le Phénomène du Chant Intérieur, May 2021
Performance at Teatro Amazonas
Brazil, September 2019
making aBulescence (note in calce)
Article published on La Nuova Ciminiera, March 2019
Tra Italia e US, nel nome della composizione
Interview published on Corriere dello Spettacolo, June 2018
Performance at Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Florence, June 2018
Composition
Matteo Belli delves into visual arts, literature, and drama as meaningful sources of inspiration for his work.
His multi-award-winning orchestral work trame di sangue grigio premiered within the 2022 Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Concert Series at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, US. In fall 2022, the label EMA-Vinci released a recording of [d-o-m], a tribute to the Via Crucis performed by DUOroboros.
In 2021, he composed the septet dal nostro cupo sempreverde, commissioned by the festival Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte and premiered by conductor Andrea Molino with the Ensemble degli Intrigati.
Right before the pandemic, Belli made his South American debut with Nudo di maschera, for string orchestra, played by the Orquestra de Câmara do Amazonas under the baton of Hilo Carriel at Teatro Amazonas, Brazil. In the same fall 2019, this work was conducted by Filippo Ciabatti at the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College, US.
In 2018, his chamber work Lei, piangente [On a Shore of Cries] was programmed within the LXXXI Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the iconic opera house festival in Florence, Italy. Commissioned by the artistic residency Camere Contemporanee (SIAE 2017), this quintet has been performed by the Ensemble degli Intrigati on a tour in Italy and Belgium.
Belli’s music has been played by Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Florence, Italy), Orquestra de Câmara do Amazonas at Teatro Amazonas (Brazil), Dartmouth College (USA), Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina, Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte & Ensemble degli Intrigati (Montepulciano, Italy), Altre Voci Ensemble (Modena, Italy), Ensemble di Musica Contemporanea “L.Dallapiccola” (Florence), DMC Ensemble at Scuola di Musica di Fiesole (Florence), DUOroboros (Pistoia, Italy), and Talea Ensemble (NYC).
Conducting
He works as a choral conductor with several institutions, also organizing concert series and lectures to engage the audience on multiple levels. In 2015-17, he taught choral training at Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, a private conservatory based in Florence, Italy.
His conducting repertoire includes music by Bach, Beethoven, Berio, Bernstein, Brahms, Duruflé, Fauré, Grossi, Handel, Haydn, Henze, Holst, Monteverdi, Mouret, Mozart, Palestrina, Pärt, Pezzati, Poulenc, Puccini, Renosto, Rheinberger, Rossini, Scarlatti, Stravinsky, Tallis, Tchaikovsky, and Wolf-Ferrari.
Education
Dr. Belli holds degrees in Composition (DMA – US, 2023), Orchestral Conducting (MM - Italy, 2014), Choral Conducting (MA - Italy, 2011), and Piano Performance (BM - Italy, 2009).
