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.
 

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.

Since 2025, he's been the artistic producer and sound director of FES ensemble, a new-music ensemble dedicated to contemporary music, towards a
interdisciplinary and cross-genre artistic practice, with a particular focus
on co-collaborative process and commissions of new works from living
composers.

Vizzini is the Belle van Zuylen Prijs 2026 winner for artistic research, as well as a ULYSSES Journey composer status recipient, supporting his participation in residencies and festivals across Europe.


HIGHLIGHTS
Recent commissions and collaborations include Ensemble Modern, Music Current, MIXTUR Festival, Ensemble Fractales, Divertimento Ensemble, Gaudeamus Festival, Opera Forward Festival, Latvian Radio Choir, Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Impuls Festival, Musiikin Aika, MotoContrario Ensemble, KlexosLab Festival, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Zubin Kanga, NEMØ Ensemble, Tilburg Sax Summit, Vlaams Radiokoor, Avanti! Summer Sounds Festival, FES ensemble, Bled Contemporary Music Week, Dag van de Componist, Doelen Ensemble, and Papagena Vocal Ensemble.
 

EDUCATION

He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. on Audio-Video Counterpoint and Intermediality in Mixed-Media Composition at at the Conservatoriies of Ferrara, Pescara, Udine and Trieste. His Master's final recital, presenting the opera-film This is not my U******E (2025), marks a pivotal point in his interdisciplinary trajectory. 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.​​​