Matteo Zurletti

Matteo Maria Zurletti is an Italian cellist born in Rome in 1969 into a family of musicians. He began studying at six with G. Martorana and developed his chamber-music practice with his pianist mother and violinist sister, with whom he founded Ensemble Igrà. He has performed with Ensemble Algoritmo and Dèdalo Ensemble, specialising in contemporary repertoire. His concert work has taken him throughout Italy and abroad, and includes broadcasts on Rai Radio 3. He has worked with the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale in Spoleto as a teacher and principal cellist, and plays an eighteenth-century instrument by Bartolomeo Karner.