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Maurizio Barbetti obtained a diploma of viola at the Conservatorio
            Rossini in Pesaro and attended the advanced training courses
            with Aldo Bennici; he studied in Darmstadt with Stefan Gheorghiu
            and Irvine Arditti who awarded him the International Darmstadt
            Prize in 1992. In the same year he also won the "Iannis
            Xenakis International Prize of Interpretation" in Paris.
            Since 1992 he has been playing as a soloist in the most important
            concert halls of the world. He performs in theatres all over
            the world: Teatro alla Scala in Milan; Berlin Philharmonic; Berlin
            Radio (playing "Mixtur" by Karlheinz Stockhausen at
            the presence of the composer); Salzburg Mozarteum; Opéra
            de Nice; Venezia Biennale; Gulbenkian Foundation; Hamburg (Staatsoper);
            Cochrane Theatre London; Darmstadt; Köln (Wdr); Witten,
            Frankfurt; Hannover; Heilbronn; Rottenburg (Südwestfunk);
            Wurzburg; Bonn; Bremen (Radio Bremen); Dresden; Leipzig; München
            (Konzerthaus) (Bayerisher Rundfunk); Freiburg; Baden Baden; Belfast
            (Bbc); Paris (Radio France); Strasbourg (European Parliament);
            Lyon (Grame); Orléans (Semaines Musicales Internationales);
            Lille; Siena (Accademia Chigiana); Milan (Triennale of Contemporary
            Art); Rome (Teatro Nazionale); Venice ( Sonopolis Teatro La Fenice);
            Turin; Madrid (Centro Bellas Artes); Conservatory of Milan; Oporto;
            Mexico (Festival Internacional Cervantino); Rottherdam (Igic);
            Tel Aviv; Jerusalem; Bucharest (Ateneum); Innsbruck (Konservatorium);
            Finland (Time of Music); Vienna; Sapporo; Tokyo and many others.
            He played as soloist with prestigious ensembles like Ensemble
            Köln (where he was principal soloist viola from 1992 to
            1996); Ensemble Recherche Freiburg; Concorde Ensemble Dublin;
            Icarus Ensemble; Monesis Ensemble; Roma Sinfonietta and with
            important orchestras like Orchestre de l'Opéra de Nice,
            Rte Dublin Concert Orchestra; Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia;
            Euroasian Philharmonic Orchestra of Seul. He performed the first
            Irish performance of Chemins II by Berio for viola and orchestra
            with the Radiotelevision Concert Orchestra of Dublin conducted
            by Friedrich Goldmann. (The conductor of Luigi Nono's "Prometeo").
            The concert was broadcasted live by BBC Radio3. He has a vast
            repertoire going from baroque to contemporary composers and he
            is very interested in the "new" music production. Composers
            from allover the world dedicated to him many works among them
            Luis De Pablo and Ennio Morricone of whom he  performed and recorded
            in  world premiere the  Morricone's Viola concerto. Recently,
            Claudio Abbado invited him to play as co-leader viola with his
            Mozart Orchestra. He collaborates with the "Living Theater"
            of New York. He has also studied Sociology, Phenomelogy, Psychology
            and Pedagogy of the Music at the Perugia Conservatory with, among
            the others, Anna Maria Freschi. Maurizio Barbetti has given master
            classes in important institutions: Irino Foundation Prize of
            Tokyo; Kunitachi College of Music (Tokyo); Tokyo Gakugei University;
            Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music  (Tokyo); Vitasaari Summer
            Academy (Finland); Centro Nacional de Bellas Artes of Mexico
            City; Accademia Internazionale della Musica of Milano;  Lucero
            Master Class in Paris. He recorded for the German, French, Swisse;
            English, Irish, Italian, Mexican, Rumanian, Austrian and Israeli
            radio and television broadcasting. He taught in many Conservatories:
            Mantova, La spezia, Reggio Emilia, and presently at the Matera
            Conservatory.