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Learn Music in Italian
Italia per Passione has recently become the only centre in Brussel hosting music courses in Italian. The classes are addressed to Italians and non- Italians who wish to learn about music in the language of the music!
We offer lessons for individuals and for couples, for children and for adults.
The teachers are all Italian and professional performers.
Individual Lessons
50€ for 1h
30€ for 1/2 h
Duo Lessons
67€ for 1h
40€ for 1/2 h
If you are interested in music courses for you or your sons or daughters, write to the music course coordinator: roberta@italiaperpassione.com.
Describe your needs and you will be contacted as soon as possible.
When the first lesson is arranged, then you can register online here.
Matteo Gemolo: flute
Born in Venice in 1985, Matteo Gemolo is an Italian flautist, musicologist and Ph.D. candidate at Cardiff University (Wales, U.K.). He has been praised as ‘one of the leading exponents’ in researching and performing contemporary music for period instruments (British Flute Society, 2020).
Between 2013 and 2015, he worked at the prestigious B. Marcello Conservatoire in Venice, teaching historically informed performance practice for the flute. Since 2016, he has been invited as a lecturer by several institutes in Europe and the U.K., including Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, University of Aveiro, Orpheus Instituut in Gent, University of Huddersfield, and Goldsmith, University of London. He records for internationally renowned labels such as Warner Classics & Erato, Arcana and Glossa. His first solo album La Solitude à deux (Arcana, Outhere Music 2018) has been praised by the critics as a recording of ‘pure beauty, from which emanates rare poetry’ (Laurent Graulus - Musiq3).
His latest recording Affect is no Crime. New Music for Old Instruments (Arcana – Outhere Music, 2019) obtained great recognition from top-ranked magazines including DIAPASON (4 diapason) and AMADEUS (5 stars). Since 2015, he is the artistic director of the Belgian collective Europa Ritrovata.
Francesco Smirne: guitar
Francesco Smirne was born in Caserta and began studying music at the age of 7 with Maestro Cosimo Antitomaso. He was admitted to the Domenico Cimarosa Conservatory in Avellino, first under the guidance of Stefano Magliaro and then Adriano Walter Rullo. In 2021, he obtained his bachelor's degree and in 2024 his master's degree with honours and special mention.
He is currently attending the “Master of Performance Practices” at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Brussels with Antigoni Goni.
He also specialised in Music Therapy at the “Isfom” Music Therapy Training Institute.
Together with Francesco Fausto Magaletti, Giacomo Monteleone and Roberta Mercorio, he founded the Fairy Guitar Quartet, with which he has performed numerous concerts at festivals and halls in Italy and Europe. In 2025, he performed as a soloist in Astor Piazzolla's concert with the Orchesterverein Solingen 1910 in Solingen (GER).
Gabriele Casciano: piano
Gabriele Casciano obtained his Master's degree in Pianoforte in 2023 with top marks, distinction and honourable mention at the Conservatorio 'G. Verdi' in Turin, under the guidance of Marina Scalafiotti. He has participated in numerous musical events as a soloist and in chamber ensembles, playing for the Unione Musicale of Turin, the Camerata Ducale of Vercelli, the Chamber Music Association of Trieste and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Turin. He played in Brescia with the Master Orchestra conducted by Sergio Baietta and collaborates with the CineSymphonyOrchestra.
He has been awarded prizes in several regional, national and international competitions and has taken part in Masterclasses with internationally renowned teachers.
At the same time, he taught piano at the A.g.a.Mus in Grugliasco and the Accademia Arte del Suono in Turin and is currently attending the first year of the Master of music in Piano Performance at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Brussels in the class of Aleksandar Madžar.
Flavia Colagioia: canto
Flavia Colagioia is an Italian opera singer who began studying singing and piano at the age of 8. She studied opera singing at the L. Perosi Conservatory in Campobasso, where she graduated with honours, and continued her studies at the S. Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. She is currently a researcher at the UPV University of Valencia. Her repertoire includes various opera roles, chamber music and operetta. She has performed in major Italian theatres and on tour abroad (Albania, Austria, Belgium, France, China, Finland, Czech Republic, Sweden). She has received awards in national and international competitions and has taken part in masterclasses with internationally renowned teachers. She has taught singing in various academies and provides training seminars on vocal technique, breathing and vocal warm-ups for professional artists.
Roberta Mangano: history of music
Roberta graduated in classical guitar at the “G.Puccini” Conservatory of Gallarate under the guidance of Marco Bonfanti. In 2016 she moved to Brussels where she completed her Master at the Koninklijk Conservatorium with distinction, specializing with Antigoni Goni. Interested in historical instruments, she then studied baroque guitar with Edwin Garcia and Xavier Díaz-Latorre at ESMUC in Barcelona. She also got a Master in musicology at the University of Cremona.
Over the years she has played as a soloist and in chamber ensembles in Italy, Switzerland, Australia, Belgium and Spain. She also collaborated with the Italian Orchestra "Alchimia", with which she played as a soloist in 2016 and 2018. Her musical projects include Italian repertoire played on historical instruments and crossover performances between music and theater.
As a musicologist she writes the concert notes for various Italian festivals and she has published for the magazine Guitart and Sconfinarte editions.
Coro Italiano "Belcanto"
You know that ITALIA PER PASSIONE loves music, not just language, literature, art... Well, we have decided to host on our premises the Italian choir BELCANTO, directed by Francesca Murro. The choir's rehearsals will be held on Sunday afternoons in the Relais centre, which will be transformed into a temple of music on this occasion.
Who knows if any of our students might want to try their hand at singing? In any case, you will find Francesca's poster, with all the practical information. We wish the Belcanto choir much success and perfect harmony!