Maria Vittoria Agresti

Maria Vittoria Agresti, born in 1996 Caserta, Italy, is an Italian composer whose main focus is on the exploration and study of timbre as a vehicle for the perception of sound. She graduated with highest honours in composition and piano and then completed postgraduate studies in composition at the National Academy of Santa Cecilia under the guidance of I. Fedele. During her time at the Academy she also attended the electronic music course with Michelangelo Lupone. Her works have received several awards and distinctions and she has collaborated with prominent composers and artists such as U. Chin, F. Filidei, C. Czernowin, S. Nemtsov, F. Verunelli, A. Paxton, M. Stroppa, M. Momi, N. Vassena, L. Ronchetti, G. Cresta, A. Solbiati, G. Battistelli and others. Her music has been performed in Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Serbia, Spain and Portugal by renowned ensembles and orchestras such as the Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Names Ensemble, AchRome Ensemble, RePercussion Trio, Concrete [Lab] Ensemble, Syntax Ensemble, G.G. Arrigoni String Orchestra, Ensemble Dissonanzen, D’Este Symphonic Orchestra and by important artists like G. Mayrhofer, J. Sheen, M. Blaauw, S. Menotti, F. D'Orazio, A. D'Errico, M. Boselli, E. Marchesini and others. In 2025 she was selected for the composition residency at the Académie du Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, under the guidance of Unsuk Chin and received the Franco Evangelisti Award. Currently at the "Accademia di Belle Arti" in Naples, doing a PhD in "Innovation, Technologies and New Materials for Art”.