Mauro Montalbetti (1969) was born in Brescia, Italy. He studied composition with Antonio Giacometti and then specialised with gerard Grisey, Marco Stroppa, Irlando Danieli and Chiara Maresca. Since 1988 his scores have been picked out or awarded a prize in diffrent international contests; V.Bucchi and F. Evangelisti (Rome), S. Beherend (Brescia), North/South Consonance (New York), E. Bloch (Switzerland), Composer’s Arena (Amsterdam). His compositions have been performed at important festivals, such as: Roma Europa, Di Nuova Musica (Reggio Emilia), North/South Consonance (New York), Composers Arena (Amsterdam), Sulle ali del Nuvecento (Brescia) and ‘Pianissimo’ (Bulgary). As he is interested in music teaching, he has collaborated for several years with ‘Siem’ and ‘All’unisono’ musical associations, holding introductory courses to music and music for groups of children. His scores are published by Agenda (Bologna), pentaflowers (Rome) and Curci (Milan).