Born in 1980, Giuliano Marco Mattioli began playing the harp at 19. He graduated with full marks at the “Conservatorio di musica A. Boito” in Parma in 2005; two years later he obtained a master’s degree cum laude in Harp Performance. He subsequently specialized in baroque and classical performance with Mara Galassi at “Scuola civica di musica C. Abbado” in Milan. Mattioli attended several masterclasses with well-renowned musicians: Mario Falcao, Alice Giles, Kumiko Inoue, Ieuan Jones, Skaila Kanga, Judith Liber, Isabelle Perrin, Fabrice Pierre, and David Watkins.

He has been awarded first prize at many national competitions, such as “Riviera della Versilia” Camaiore, “Rotonda di S. Biagio” Monza, “Arcangelo Corelli” Riccione, “Carpineti in musica” Reggio Emilia, “Giovani arpisti” Padua, “Brahms competition” Alessandria. In 2006, he was admitted to the 16th edition of the prestigious “International Harp Contest in Israel”.

He was invited to perform in various international music festivals, such as “Festival des Arts et Vignes” Die, “La nuit aux torches” and “La nuit lyrique” Chatillon-en-Dios, “Harpae” Isolabona, “Arpa viggianese” Viggiano, “Armonie fra musica e architettura” Reggio Emilia, “Note per Lucia” Siracusa. Alongside his solo career, he proved himself an orchestral harpist of good quality, working with orchestras such as “Concerto Köln”, “La Verdi”, “I Pomeriggi musicali”, “Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana”, “Orchestra 1813 – Teatro Sociale of Como”, “Orchestra Sinfonica di Lecco”, “Lake Como Philharmonic Orchestra”, “Accademia orchestrale del Lario”, “Brixia musicalis”. With the theatre company “Teatro all’Improvviso” in Mantua, he premiered the show Felicità di una stella in 2008 at the 61st edition of the “Festival du Theater d’Avignon”. This led to an intense tour which saw him perform in France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and Portugal.

Five recording projects have been completed by far: in 2005, Harp… and Voice; in 2009, the live album of the French tour Harpa Lyrica, followed by The harp asks pleasure first in 2017. De la musique avant toute chose…, played on a 1908 Érard harp, appeared in 2019. Notte is the latest project published in 2023 by Da Vinci Classics, which contains modern classical music and seven world premiere recordings.
For several years he has been teaching his own instrument, privately and in music schools, working with very young children, from four years of age, up to adult amateurs. He taught at “Musicaperta” school in Milan, “Scuola civica di musica di Villaguardia” and “Fondazione civica” in Carugate.

Mattioli’s passion for the harp led him to research its history and construction. In 2020 he began training as a harp restorer and technician at Lucia Bellani’s Liuteria Artigiana, and in 2021 he opened his own historical harp restoration workshop. His contribution on the relationship between the Bonaparte family and the harp maker Érard was presented in the 2021 international convention “Entre Milan et Monza: la cour napoléonienne et ses relations internationales”. In 2022, he published his essay on the most famous family of piano and harp manufacturers with Zecchini Editore, La famiglia Érard. Un percorso storico fra documenti e strumenti musicali. [The Érard family. A historical journey through documents and musical instruments]. It is the first study ever carried out by analysing the company’s French and English ledgers, patents, letters and historical instruments.
In 2023 he completed his three-year training as a psychodynamic music therapist at the Centro Musicoterapico of Milan. He attended all the four levels of the Benenzon method.