Matteo
Neri
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Bella Noche de Música
Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park
April 4, 2023
Doors open at 5:30 p.m
Performance starts at 7:00 p.m.
in collaboration with the Consulate General of Mexico in Austin and Ópera de Bellas Artes
Join us for a tour-de-force celebratory concert of Latinx music and opera on April 4, 2023, at the stunning open-air Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park. The program features three studio artists from the national opera company of Mexico, Ópera de Bellas Artes: Génesis Betania Moreno González; Ricardo Ceballos de la Mora; and Jorge Alain Echeagaray Gutiérrez. They will be joined by Austin Opera Curator for Latinx and Hispanic Programming, Claudia Chapa, and the Austin Opera Orchestra, led by Timothy Myers, Austin Opera’s Sarah and Ernest Butler Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor. Also featured are San Antonio-based Mariachi group Trío Chapultepec, comprising Vincent Pequeño, Israel Alcala, and William Carlton Galvez, and classical guitarist, Arnold Yzaguirre.
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The first workshop for the Spanish-language opera 'Escobar,' currently in development with librettist Alejandra Martinez and Florida Grand Opera
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Italian-born American composer Matteo Neri (b. 1989) has a versatile musical background, with experience in composing operas, classical concert music, as well as music for visual media. Matteo's Spanish-language opera 'Escobar' was one of eight works selected from submissions throughout the western hemisphere for the 'Frontiers Showcase' at Fort Worth Opera in 2017. 'Escobar' received a rave review by Olin Chism of the Fort Worth Star Telegram, where he wrote "For me, the most successful of the eight excerpts was Matteo Neri’s 'Escobar'...The quality of the music was high, and the story was gripping." The full opera is currently being developed with Florida Grand Opera and librettist Alejandra Martinez; it will be premiered as a co-production in 2025 (companies to be announced soon). Matteo's one-act opera, 'Our Lobotomist,' a collaboration with librettist Edward Einhorn, was premiered at Yeoryia Studios (NYC) in February, 2019.
Matteo was a composer for Comma Music, a leading music house for commercials, TV, and film, from 2016 to 2018. His music can be heard in commercials and promos for brands such as McDonalds, Breathe Right Nasal Strips, Jim Beam, and Russell, as well as for institutions such as NYU. He worked in Los Angeles for Emmy Award winning composer Alex Wurman on a number of films and TV shows, including the Amazon series "The Patriot." Matteo's film credits include "How it Is," "Table for Two," and "The Kicking Yoda," which received the award for Best Documentary Short at the Los Angeles Film Awards.
Matteo's compositions and arrangements have been performed by many ensembles, including Momenta Quartet, Helix! New Music Ensemble, Rutgers Symphony Orchestra, and the tenor group FORTE, who were finalists on America's Got Talent. Matteo received a Masters in Music Composition from Temple University in 2020, a Masters in Scoring for Film/TV/Video Games from Berklee College of Music in 2014, and a Bachelor of Music in Theory/Composition from Westminster Choir College of Rider University in 2013. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in Music Composition at Rutgers University, where he studies with Robert Aldridge.
