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composer | audio-video designer

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(updated on November 6th '25)

ABOUT

Massimiliano Vizzini is an Italian composer and multimedia artist based in the Netherlands. His works, spanning opera, mixed media, and electronic music, have been performed across Europe by leading musical institutions and ensembles.

He likes to consider himself a composer who uses images as a primary source of sound and imagination for his work. Over the past years, he has developed several intermedia projects exploring the concept of digital counterpoint, where performers extend into the screen or become truly intertwined with the film environment.

At the core of his artistic vision lies the idea of making contemporary music more accessible without compromising on research and experimentation, by seeking new ways to engage audiences.
 

Vizzini is a 2025 ULYSSES Journey composer, supporting his participation in residencies and festivals across Europe.

HIGHLIGHTS
Recent commissions and collaborations include works for the MIXTUR Festival x Ensemble Fractales (Barcelona, ES), Divertimento Ensemble (Milan, IT), Zubin Kanga for the Gaudeamus Festival (Utrecht, NL), the Opera Forward Festival at Dutch National Opera & Ballet (Amsterdam, NL), Latvian Radio Choir (Riga, LV), Darmstädter Ferienkurse (Darmstadt, DE), Musiikin Aika (Viitasaari, FI), MotoContrario Ensemble (Trento, IT), Vlaams Radiokoor (Bilzen, BE), Avanti! Summer Sounds Festival (Helsinki, FI), Bled Contemporary Music Week (Bled, SL), Dag van de Componist x DoelenEnsemble (Rotterdam, NL), Papagena Vocal Ensemble (UK), TRT Orchestra (Turin, IT), Sounding Here Festival at Batavierhuis (Rotterdam, NL)


 

EDUCATION

His Master's final recital, presenting the opera-film This is not my U******E (2025), for sinfonietta, electronics, and film, marks a pivotal point in his interdisciplinary trajectory.

He is currently pursuing a PhD with a scholarship at the Conservatorio “Girolamo Frescobaldi” di Ferrara, with a thesis on Audio-Video Counterpoint and Intermediality in Mixed-Media Composition. He holds a Master of Music in Classical Composition from Codarts University for the Arts (Rotterdam), where he studied with Robin de Raaff and Paul M. van Brugge, following a Master’s in Film and Game Music from the Santa Cecilia Conservatory (Rome) and a Bachelor’s in Composition and Counterpoint with Marco Betta at the Conservatorio di Palermo.

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