BIOGRAPHY
Born in Lucca (Italy), Giulia has studied at the Conservatorium “L. Boccherini” of her city with the teacher Marzio Conti and then in Switzerland at the Music Hight School of Lugano with the teacher Mario Ancillotti and Stefano Parrino, getting full marks with Laude in both graduations.
She has studied also with famous teachers like Michele Marasco, Philippe Bernold, Andrea Oliva, Rien De Reede, Mario Caroli and Tiziano Mealli in many master classes, obtaining a lot of awards and having a lot of performances with success.
In the month of June 2009 she has got the Bachelor Diploma with very good marks under the teaching of Benoit Fromanger.
In July 2010 Giulia had finished to improve her self at the Santa Cecilia’s Academy of Rome with the teacher Andrea Oliva and at the International Pianist Academy of Imola ( Italy ).
From 2012 she is a Master Student at the Prince Claus Conservatorium in Groningen, under the teaching of the Professor Egbert Jan Louwerse.
Since she was very young, Giulia was the winner in a lot of musical competitions in Italy, whether flute soloist or whether in chamber music ensemble. Then, on April 2007 she won the First prize at the Swiss Music Competition of Riddes and she played like flute soloist at the Hight Music School “Tibor Varga” of Sion (Swiss). On 2006 and on 2007 she won the International Flute Competition “Severino Gazzelloni” and the special prize named “Luciano Berio”.
In 2010 Giulia won the International Competition for young soloist talent in Malta, performing in the Vivaldi flute solo and strings Concerto n. 2 “La notte” at the Manoel Theatre in Valletta (Malta). She won also the International Competition for young soloist in the city of La Spezia (Italy), performing in the Mozart Concerto in D major with the “C. A. Mussinelli” Orchestra. In the same year 2010, Giulia received the prize “Targa Vittoria Alata – Marianna Bottini” from the Istituto Musicale L. Boccherini of Lucca for her musical activity.
She performs continually in numerous concerts like flute solo or in different chamber music ensemble, in Italy and in foreign countries, getting always a lot of appreciations on her talent.
She play also a lot of modern pieces form Italian composer, part of whom is dedicated rightly for her. She played music pieces written by Azio Corghi, Ivan Fedele, Marcello Panni, Silvia Colasanti and Franco Donatoni.
She is one of the foundators of the Trio Extreme, a special chamber music ensemble formed by flute, double bass and piano with whom she performs in Italy, in the Netherlands and abroad exploring new repertoire written or transcribed appositely for this ensemble.
She is also part of the Italian Duo, with whom, together with the guitarist Saverio Rapezzi, she performed in many concert in Italy, in the Netherland and in Los Angeles (USA).
On 2008 she gave the qualification for the European Union Youth Ochestra (EUYO) and on 2009 she has got the qualification for the Italian Youth Orchestra (OGI). On 2009 and 2010 she gave the qualification for the Puccini Festival Orchestra (Italy) and on 2010 she has got the qualification for the Regional Orchestra of Tuscany in Florence and for the National Santa Cecilia’s Academy Orchestra in Rome (Italy).
In 2006 she recorded a CD for the Italian Swiss Radio, with the chamber music ensemble ‘900 under the conducting of G. Bernasconi.
In 2010 she also recorded a CD for the DYNAMIC editions with the “Algoritmo” contemporary ensemble under the conducting of M. Angius.
Then she recorded for the Italian RAI television, taking part like flute solo to the soundtrack for the Italian fiction “Il caso Enzo Tortora” on air in the month of September 2012.
Giulia focus her activity on the chamber music contest, but she didn’t renounce to improve herself in the orchestra realty: in fact she has collaboration with many orchestras, like first flute, second flute, piccolo player or flute solo on the scene (Symphonic Orchestra of Rome, Symphonic Orchestra of Savona, Puccini Festival Orchestra, Symphonic Orchestra of Carrara, New European Orchestra and the Italian Academy singing Orchestra), performing with lyric and symphonic repertoire; she has produced operas like La Scala di seta of Gioacchino Rossini (2004), Traviata of Giuseppe Verdi (2007), Don Giovanni of W.A.Mozart (2007) and Tosca, Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, Turandot and Bohème of Giacomo Puccini (2008 – 2009 - 2010). She has played like first flute also with the Conservatorium “L.Boccherini” ’s orchestra (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010), with the professional orchestra of Music Hight School of Lugano (2006, 2007) and with the orchestra of Music University of Cincinnati (USA, 2008).
Giulia plays a Pearl Flute mod. Maesta Gold 14K.
" ... Giulia has a very beautiful sound, rich of colours and espression; she has also a solid musical personality, as dimostrated in every her performance like soloist or in ensemble.
I wish her a brillant carrier that I'm sure is coming soon."
by Andrea Oliva, soloist and principal flute at the National S. Cecilia Orchestra of Rome
" For the first time I have heard Giulia playing, I was so impressed by her rare musical sensibility and her technical security with the flute. During the flute piccolo's study under my teaching, she obtained a very high level of mastery of this little instrument. That, together with I said before, makes Giulia a complete musician, professionally solid and strongly recommended both as a soloist as a chamber ensemble or orchestra player."
by Nicola Mazzanti, concertist and piccolo player at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra.
"... I had the opportunity to teach Giulia Matteucci at a master class at the Prins Claus Conservatorium in Groningen. Giulia has a nice sound, a balanced technique and good musicality. Next to the traditional repertoire she likes to play contemporary music and has a good musical feeling for it. It was a pleasure to teach her. "
by Eleonore Pameijer, flutist and concertist.
"...Every time I played with Giulia, I appreciated her affidable professionality, her musical talent and her impeccable instrumental technique, all qualities that make her an excellent principal flute in orchestra as well as brillant soloist."
by Alberto Bologni, violinist and concertist.
"The eccellent flutist Giulia Matteucci, in the past years, has worked for me many times like soloist flutist, in chamber music ensemble and like first flute in the orchestras conducted by me.
Giulia has a brillant musicality that, together with her technical virtuosity, make her one of the best musician that I know. "
by Herbert Handt, conductor.
