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The Italian choral and orchestral conductor, music teacher and event organizer, Matteo Valbusa, after graduating from classical high school, graduated in Cultural Heritage Sciences at Università degli Studi di Verona (October 2001-December 2008). He obtained Diploma in Choral Music and Choral Conducting from Conservatorio "G. Martini" di Bologna (November 2006-September 2009); 2nd level academic diploma in Choir Conducting with honors and special mention from Conservatorio "F.A. Bonporti" di Trento (November 2011-April 2013); 1st level academic diploma in Orchestral Conducting with honors from Conservatorio "A. Pedrollo" di Vicenza (October 2012-December 2015); 2nd level academic diploma in Renaissance and Baroque Singing with honors from Conservatorio "E. F. Dall'Abaco" di Verona (November 2018-October 2021). He studied choir conducting with P.P. Scattolin and with L. Donati, orchestra conducting with G. Andretta, Renaissance and Baroque singing with Vincenzo Di Donato. He specialised at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and the European Academy for Choral Conductors in Fano. He deepened his knowledge of various musical styles by attending several master-classes with A. Tasso, M. Berrini, V. Bono, N. Corti, Vincenzo Di Donato, M. Hyökki, S. Kuret, M. Lanaro, Stefan Parkman, A. Quarta, R. Rasmussen, J. Yngwe. Awarded in many national and international choral competitions (Vittorio Veneto, Arezzo, Riva del Garda and others), he received the prize for best conductor 5 times. He participated twice in the Europa Cantat International Competition for Choral Conductors, winning the 3rd prize in 2011 in Budapest and the prize for the best performance of Renaissance music in 2009 in Ljubljana.
Matteo Valbusa works with various ensembles, teaches conducting and collaborates with the most important European choral institutions, dealing versatilely with every musical genre. He boasts a transversal and eclectic repertoire, which characterizes him as one of the most versatile choir directors in Italy. He conducts renowned choirs such as Insieme Corale Ecclesia Nova (since October 2000), Coro Maschile La Stele (since October 2003) and Coro Marc'Antonio Ingegneri di Verona (since January 2018), in a repertoire ranging from ancient polyphony to contemporary music. With these groups he has performed throughout Italy and abroad in major festivals and won prizes in national and international choral competitions. He has conducted the Coro della Fondazione Arena di Verona, the Coro Lirico Veneto and several orchestral groups. He is often invited as a guest conductor by important choirs throughout the country.
In autumn 2019, he conducted the Choir of the Fondazione Arena di Verona in the opera choir concerts Fuoco di gioia and G. Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona. He has led the Coro Lirico Veneto and other choirs for opera productions at the Teatro Sociale in Rovigo, Teatro Verdi in Padua, Teatro Del Monaco in Treviso, and Aleksander Hall in Cortina. He has conducted symphonic programmes with the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto and symphonic-choral programmes with the Orchestra Interpreti Italiani, the Ensemble Il Falcone, the Orchestra Giovani Archi Veneti, and the Orchestra Amadeus, participating in festivals such as Il Settembre dell’Accademia of the Accademia Filarmonica di Verona.
Matteo Valbusa is a well-regarded teacher: he has been Music Education Teacher at Scuola Farina Caldiero in Caldiero (Verona) (September 2011-August 2022); Professor of Music Education at I.C. 2 "Margherita Hack" in San Giovanni Lupatoto, Verona (September-December 2022); Choir Conducting and Choral Composition Teacher at Conservatorio "F. Torrefranca" in Vibo Valentia, Calabria (December 2022-October 2024). Currently he teaches Choral Exercises at the Conservatorio di Musica "Lucio Campiani" di Mantova (since May 2024), and is the coordinating teacher of the Accademia di Direzione Corale "Piergiorgio Righele" (since December 2013). He is invited to sit on the juries of prestigious competitions and is called to hold master-classes in choral singing and conducting throughout Europe. In 2011, he was invited to hold a course on Italian choral music at the University of Colima, Mexico, conducting the University Choir in the Es a Voz Festival. He has held stages and master-classes for important institutions such as the Fondazione Guido D’Arezzo, Feniarco and various regional Italian choral associations. He collaborates with the most important national and international choral associations, and since 2023 he has been part of the Commissione Artistica nazionale di Feniarco.
Since 2011, Matteo Valbusa has been passionately spreading music also among the youngest, teaching in several schools in Verona. He is Artistic Director of the international choral festival "VOCE!" in Bosco Chiesanuova, the Dodekantus Festival in Verona and the Caecilia Virgo Choir and Organ Competition. In 2020, he devised the online guided listening cycle La corona musicale and created the “Choral Trekking”, a programme of open-air choral singing days. He was a member of the Feniarco Youth Commission for three years, and of the ASAC Veneto Artistic Commission for nine years. He currently lives in Bussolengo, Verona, Veneto, Italy. |
