Olivia Belli

Olivia describes her musical education as a “normal classical background.” 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. “I began incorporating some of these ideas in my own music,” says Olivia, who has always composed but until recently it was a “private thing.”

“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,” explains Olivia. “I practice transcendental meditation and I feel the same peace through that as I get from rural life.”

In April 2021, Olivia Belli announced her exclusive signing with XXIM Records, followed by the release of her debut album on the label, Sol Novo.

Today, Belli stands as a prolific artist with two acclaimed full-length albums to her credit, alongside many other captivating projects, EPs and collaborations.

Her latest four-track EP Intercosmia Vol.1 is the first of two planned EPs following Intermundia, her second full-lenght album, and sees the acclaimed pianist continue her journey in search of essentiality through the rediscovery of one’s spirituality.