Maurizio Di Chio

MAURIZIO DI CHIO Viola da gamba · Historical performance · Musicological research

Maurizio Di Chio was born in Rome, where he trained at the Conservatorio di Musica “Santa Cecilia”, graduating in classical guitar and viola da gamba.

He later completed a Master’s degree in Musicology and Musical Heritage at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, with a dissertation in the philosophy of music devoted to the aesthetic and interpretative dimensions of the vihuela de mano repertoire.
His artistic profile is shaped by a sustained engagement with historical sources and by a rigorous musicological approach to performance. Drawing on early treatises, documentary evidence, and historical performing practices, his work seeks to reconcile philological awareness with the living demands of interpretation. This balance between scholarship and performance informs a concert activity in which repertoire, instrument, and historical context are understood as mutually illuminating dimensions of musical experience.
Di Chio appears both as a soloist and in chamber formations, presenting programmes distinguished by their originality and close relationship with historically informed performance. His activity has brought him to concert series, festivals, and academic institutions in Italy, Spain, Turkey, and Korea, including the Settimane Musicali di Stresa, the Department of Musicology of the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música “Manuel Castillo” in Seville, the Conservatorio Superior de Música in Málaga, Seoul National University, Honam University in Gwangju, the Viterbo Baroque Festival, the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, and the Teatro della Pergola in Florence.
His performances have been noted for their stylistic refinement, interpretative clarity, and sensitivity to the expressive language of early repertoires. He has recorded for Centaur Records. Alongside his concert work, he is active as a teacher and lecturer, giving seminars and masterclasses on historical performance practice and the interpretation of early music at the Conservatorio di Musica “Francesco Morlacchi” in Perugia, the Conservatorio “Licinio Refice” in Frosinone, and the Conservatorio “Giuseppe Martucci” in Salerno.