Massimo Di Gesu

Massimo Di Gesu is an Italian composer, born in 1970.

Academic studies At the Milan Conservatory Di Gesu attained the Diploma in Piano in 1992, and the Diploma in Composition in 1995. He studied composition with Bruno Bettinelli, Besides further piano studies with Valerio Premuroso, he attended post-graduate composition courses at the Petrassi Academy (Parma), at the University of Central England (Birmingham), and at the University of Leeds.

Style «At first, his musical thought could be traced back to the expressionism of Schönberg and the mastery of Berg. Actually, what is here perceptible is the mighty shadow of J. S. Bach» (Flavio Emilio Scogna on Gradus ad responsum for piano). and based on a distinctly atonal harmonic idiom

His compositional technique enables the construction of melodic, harmonic, and contrapuntal structures a work which the ensemble had commissioned on the occasion of the bicentennial of Giuseppe Verdi's birth. La Scala String Quartet had already played Di Gesu's works such as Ansikte mot ansikte (for Serate Musicali - Milano, and Ente Concerti Pesaro ) and WOLFiliGrANG (at the Rovereto Mozart Festival ).

In 2014 the Teatro La Fenice (Venice) commissioned from him Luci d'estate which was premiered by the Ex Novo Ensemble in July of the same year.

Other artistic partners of Di Gesu's are

Peter Bradley-Fulgoni, who has performed works of his in venues like St Martin-in-the-Fields - London, Salle Cortot - Paris, Skrjabin Museum, Richter Memorial Apartment – Moscow; (musicians of the Wiener Philharmoniker) Ensemble Strumentale Scaligero (musicians of La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra) Maurizio Simeoli edited by Luigi Bonaffini, Professor Emeritus at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.

The aforementioned "La vita è un sogno" and "Al giardino", have also been recited by Maria Brivio and Federika Brivio within the radio broadcast, Diamo l’Abbrivio.

Computer-based drawings of his appear on the cover of the CD “PianOLYPHONY” recorded by Peter Bradley-Fulgoni (Foxglove Audio - FOX091), and in the score of Geometria di un diletto (edition db). A view from the pier (2020) for string orchestra Lilith (2020) for piano Im Tempo eines Walzers (2012) for wind quintet and string quintet Through a glass... (2001) for piano Schegge (2001) for violin, cello, piano Trilogia dell'assenza (1999-2000) for piano Ansikte mot ansikte (1995-2000) for string quartet