massimo belli
He undertook the study of the violin with his father, continuing then with Bruno Polli. He graduated with full marks and honors under the guidance of Renato Zanettovich at the “Benedetto Marcello” Conservatory in Venice. He attended the courses of specialization in Fiesole with the Trio of Trieste and Piero Farulli, and at the Academy Chigiana di Siena with Henryk Szeryng. He was a pupil of Salvatore for two years Accardo at the "W. Stauffer" Academy of Higher Specialization in Cremona MASSIMO BELLI undertook the study of the violin with his father, then continuing with Bruno Polli. He graduated with full marks and honors under the guidance of Renato Zanettovich at the “Benedetto Marcello” Conservatory in Venice. He attended master classes in Fiesole with the Trio di Trieste and Piero Farulli, and at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena with Henryk Szeryng. He was a pupil of Salvatore Accardo for two years at the "W. Stauffer"; Academy of Higher Education in Cremona.
Awarded in numerous national and international competitions, he made his sixteen-year-old debut at the Politeama Rossetti Theater in Trieste for the Società dei Concerti; later he played solo and conducted in the most important halls throughout Europe, the former Soviet Union, Turkey and South America. He has interpreted the main concerts of the violin repertoire accompanied by important orchestras and was first violin on the shoulder of the Italian Youth Orchestra, the Busoni Orchestra, the Haydn Philarmonia and first violin and director of the Virtuosi of the Venice Ensemble.
The Trieste composer Giulio Viozzi has dedicated the piece “Tema variato” for solo violin published by Pizzicato to Massimo Belli. He has recorded for Italian, Soviet, German, Yugoslav, Brazilian, Austrian radio and TV, and recorded for Sipario Dischi, Nuova Era and Tirreno Editoriale in Lugano. He currently records for Concerto Classics, Brilliant Classics and Warner Classics. He studied conducting with Aldo Belli and Julian Kovatchev and is the director of the new "Ferruccio Busoni" chamber orchestra.
He is professor of violin at the Trieste Conservatory. He
has taught at the United World College of the Adriatic, at the summer courses of
Solighetto, at the International Courses of Cividale del Friuli and has held
Masterclasses at the Royal Conservatory of Murcia (Spain), Hoochschule of
Mannheim, Academy of Tallin, Belarusian Minsk Academy and Sarajevo Music
Academy.
In 2002, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the competition, he conducted the
orchestra of the 40th formed by the winners of past editions of the Vittorio Veneto
National Violin Competition. Recently he conducted I Cameristi del Maggio
Musicale Fiorentino, Euro Sinfonietta Wien and Szolnok Symphony Orchestra. In
February 2023 he conducted the “Szolnok Symphony Orchestra” at the Aba – Novak
Agora Cultural Centre in Szolnok, at the Budapest Operetta Theatre and in the great
hall of the Mozarteum in Salzburg. In 2023 he conducted the North Czech
Philarmonic orchestra at the Smetana Hall in Prague.