Matteo Bonfiglioli

Matteo Bonfiglioli began his musical studies at the school of the renowned pianist Nino Rossi, thanks to his cousin Luisa Babini.

He earned a master’s degree in Philology from the Università di Pavia and studied Organ and Composition, Piano (performing as a soloist with the Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale), and Harpsichord at the G.B. Martini Conservatorio in Bologna. He specialized in Improvisation and Liturgy at the Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra in Rome.
He pursued advanced studies in the italian repertoire with Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini and Liuwe Tamminga, in the Bach repertoire with Monika Henking in Lucerne, and in the iberian repertoire with Montserrat Torrent in Spain. He attended courses throughout Europe with artists such as Guy Bovet, Daniel Roth, Jean-Claude Zehnder, Ludger Lohmann, among others. He studied chamber music with Luigi Rovighi.
He was awarded scholarships at the Curso Universitario e Internacional de Música en Compostela. Among his awards are third prize at the IX Concorso clavicembalistico Gianni Gambi, the Premio Andrés Segovia – José Miguel Ruíz Morales, first prize at the Concorso di composizione Assisi Suono Sacro, an Honorable Mention at the I Prémio internacional de composição Pedro de Araújo, and second prize at the 19° Concorso internazionale di composizione Don Vincenzo Vitti.
As an accompanist, he collaborated with the flute class of Annamaria Morini in the field of modern and contemporary music and with the Premio Bonporti – Concorso internazionale di Violino barocco.
He has performed in Italy and abroad. He has presented world premieres and several composers have written works for him.
In Bologna, he performed the complete keyboard works of Claudio Merulo and the printed works of Girolamo Frescobaldi on the Cipri organ at San Martino, as well as the complete works of Dietrich Buxtehude and Joseph Rheinberger on the Tamburini organ at Santa Maria dei Servi.
He inaugurated the restorations of several historic organs in Italy and also premiered a newly built Gothic-style organ by Paolo Tollari.
He has taken part in conferences as a speaker and has published compositions, articles, and prefaces.
He currently serves as organist at the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna.