Olivia describes her musical education as a &#8220;normal classical background.&#8221; She studied piano to conservatoire level, working her way through the classical repertoire and developing a particular passion for the works of the 20th and 21st century – from Ligeti and Stockhausen to the American experimentalists Cage, Crumb, Reich, and Glass. &#8220;I began incorporating some of these ideas in my own music,&#8221; says Olivia, who has always composed but until recently it was a &#8220;private thing.&#8221;

&#8220;I feel like, as an artist, most of what I do is to observe – the nature around us, how it changes and how the people interact with it. I spend as much time outside as I can. I try to capture the metamorphosis of nature in my music, and how the experience of living in this environment makes me feel,&#8221; explains Olivia. &#8220;I practice transcendental meditation and I feel the same peace through that as I get from rural life.&#8221;

Olivia Belli

Italian pianist and composer Olivia Belli is based in the rural Marche region of central Italy. Reflecting on the nature and the world surrounding her, and on how people find their own place in it, Olivia’s poetic and often optimistic piano music has reached audiences around the world.  

Pianist & Composer

Sol Novo (Live Concert)

The Light Endures

Island II

Grembo

Fingers, Be Rain

Sol Novo

As I Was

Visions To Come

Nocturne III (Arr. for Piano from Nocturne Op. 15 No. 3 in G Minor) explores the theme of darkness, &#8220;the mysterious night that accompanies our dreams but also our moments of bewilderment and anxiety, some fears that may emerge during it. But if we learn to listen to the night, if we know how to understand it, it becomes a balm and a deep refreshment of the soul and thought,&#8221; explains Belli.

The second single from Olivia Belli's forthcoming EP "Sonus Noctis."

Nocturne III

XXIM:EXPO is our exploratory series for outstanding young talents from across the whole spectrum of progressive instrumental music. Each instalment is given to one artist to curate his or her own ideal EP, sharing their own unique musical vision. With XXIM:EXPO we want to give young artists a platform, while mapping out all areas and developments of our wide area of music. 

Nocturne III

Olivia Belli

Nocturne III

Pianist & Composer

Olivia Belli

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