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
Composer
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 the 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.
One of his most performed works is Nudo di maschera, for string orchestra, originally written for the 400-year anniversary of Shakespeare’s death and premiered by Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina (Florence). In 2019, this work had its South American premiere at Teatro Amazonas (Brazil), interpreted by Maestro Hilo Carriel & Orquestra de Câmara do Amazonas. In the same year, it received its North American premiere under the baton of American-prize-winner Filippo Ciabatti at Dartmouth College.
In 2018, the chamber work Lei, piangente [On a Shore of Cries] was programmed at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the iconic opera house festival in Florence, Italy. Commissioned by the SIAE-sponsored artistic residency Camere Contemporanee, this quintet has been performed by Ensemble degli Intrigati on a tour in Italy and Belgium.
Belli’s music has been played by the Zhongshan Hall (Taiwan), Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Florence), Orquestra de Câmara do Amazonas at Teatro Amazonas (Brazil), Dartmouth College (USA), Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina, Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte & Ensemble degli Intrigati (Montepulciano), Altre Voci Ensemble (Modena), DUOroboros (Tuscany), and Talea Ensemble (NYC).
In 2022-24, he was an adjunct assistant professor of composition & music theory at Shenandoah University. In 2022-23, he taught a course on contemporary classical music at the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University.
Conductor & Pianist
He has worked as a choral conductor & accompanist with several institutions, including teaching choral training at the private conservatory Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, and chorus at the military high school Giulio Douhet, both based in Florence (Italy).
Belli’s 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.
CURRENT POSITIONS
He is the music director and organist at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Clark, New Jersey.
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).
