Matteo Staffini
Matteo Staffini was born in Milan, where he still lives and works today. He began studying guitar with Sergio and Bruno Giuffredi and then graduated from the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory in Milan under Paolo Paolini. He attended courses with great performers, including David Russell, Pavel Steidl and Andrea Dieci.
He studied piano with Claudio Riva, music didactics with Carlo Delfrati and Francesco Bellomi. He regularly gives concerts as a soloist as well as in a duo with the violinist Andrew Pace, with whom he founded the Duo Anteo and received awards in national and international competitions. In December 1992 he performed privately for H.E. Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini at the Archdiocese in Milan. In 1994 he recorded a live CD at the Abbey of S. Alberto in Butrio, which he dedicated to Ferdinando Carulli. In 1995 he founded the Duo “Pietro Gallinotti” with the Milanese guitarist and composer Nicola Jappelli. They performed 19th-century repertoire on historical instruments.
On April 25, 2001, he played on the Piazza del Duomo in Milan with five other musicians in front of about 30,000 people. As a composer, he regularly publishes compositions for the publishers “Sinfonica” and “Rugginenti”. He collaborated for about ten years with the luthier Angelo Margutti.
Works by masters such as Nicola Jappelli, Bruno Giuffredi, Dario Toffolon and Alessandra Bonicelli have been dedicated to Matteo Staffini.
In the summer of 2004, he won a scholarship from the prestigious Cini Foundation in Venice, which enabled him to attend a masterclass on the 19th-century guitar by Pavel Steidl on the island of San Giorgio. In October 2007, he passed the concert diploma examination at the “L. Cherubini” Conservatory in Florence with top marks.
