Nicola Straffelini

About Nicola Straffelini

Born in Riva del Garda, Nicola Straffelini studied piano with Temenouchka Vesselinova and composition with Armando Franceschini. He received a Diploma in Composition from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. His teachers were Franco Donatoni at Siena’s Accademia Chigiana and Sandor Veress.

Nicola’s compositions have won prizes and honours in several competitions, including first prize in the Rassegna internazionale di composizione pianistica (Rome), the first international composition prize “Musica Riva”, and the Premio Valentino Bucchi (Rome). His music has been performed in Italy and internationally on stage, radio and television, including his first opera, La Leggenda dei rododenri, and Dies natalis, which was recorded by Accademia I Filarmonici e Quadrivium. His chamber opera Desert Games has recently won the Director’s Award at the Boston Metro Opera Composition Competition. He currently teaches composition at the Conservatory of Castelfranco Veneto.