Matteo Staffini
Matteo Staffini was born in Milan, where he continues to live and work. He began studying guitar with Sergio and Bruno Giuffredi and later graduated from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan under Paolo Paolini. He attended courses with renowned performers, including David Russell, Pavel Steidl and Andrea Dieci.
He studied piano with Claudio Riva and music didactics with Carlo Delfrati and Francesco Bellomi. He performs regularly as a soloist and in a duo with the violinist Andrew Pace, with whom he founded Duo Anteo and received awards at national and international competitions. In December 1992 he performed privately for Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini at the Archdiocese in Milan. In 1994 he recorded a live CD at the Abbey of S. Alberto in Butrio, dedicated to Ferdinando Carulli. In 1995 he founded Duo Pietro Gallinotti with the Milanese guitarist and composer Nicola Jappelli, performing 19th-century repertoire on historical instruments.
On April 25, 2001, he played in Piazza del Duomo in Milan with five other musicians before an audience of about 30,000 people. As a composer, he regularly publishes works with the publishers Sinfonica and Rugginenti. He collaborated for about ten years with the luthier Angelo Margutti.
Works by Nicola Jappelli, Bruno Giuffredi, Dario Toffolon and Alessandra Bonicelli have been dedicated to him.
In the summer of 2004 he received a scholarship from the Cini Foundation in Venice, enabling him to attend a masterclass on the 19th-century guitar with Pavel Steidl on the island of San Giorgio. In October 2007 he completed the concert diploma at the L. Cherubini Conservatory in Florence with top marks.
Performing at Siccas Guitars
Every classical guitarist who performs at Siccas Guitars brings a distinct musical path to the instrument — shaped by years of study, competition experience, and the particular musical tradition they have chosen to inhabit. The classical guitar demands sustained technical commitment and a deep engagement with a repertoire that spans from the Renaissance through to works written for living performers. It is an instrument whose full possibilities only reveal themselves over time.
