Massimo Belli, Conductor

Massimo Belli began studying the violin with his father, then with Bruno Polli. He graduated with top honors from the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice. He furthered his studies in Fiesole with the Trio di Trieste and Piero Farulli, then at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena with Henryk Szeryng. A winner of numerous competitions, he made his debut at sixteen at the Teatro Politeama Rossetti in Trieste. He has since performed as both soloist and conductor in major concert halls across Europe, the former Soviet Union, Turkey, Mexico, and South America. Since 2000, he has been the musical director of the Nuova Orchestra da Camera Ferruccio Busoni and a violin professor at the Trieste Conservatory.