Dr. Alessio Olivieri is a native Italian musicologist and classical guitarist. He is an Assistant Professor of Music History at the Glenn Korff School of Music, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and a Research Associate at the Center for Iberian and Latin American Music (CILAM) at the University of California Riverside.

Before coming to UNL, he served as a guitar instructor at Nebraska Wesleyan University and the PennWest Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and as an Associate Instructor at the University of California Riverside. His main research and current book project examine realism and verismo in the Spanish musical theater at the crossroads of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Other research interests include Italian chamber romances (art songs) of the 19th century —with his book Le romanze da salotto di Michele Bellucci. Le edizioni a stampa e i manoscritti autografi (2010)— and guitar literature. His MM graduate thesis, titled “Il Tenebrismo: la chitarra della noche oscura da Manuel de Falla ad Angelo Gilardino,” introduced the concept of “tenebrism” as a new poetic in the 20th century guitar repertoire. He has presented his scholarship at national and international conferences in the U.S., Italy, and Australia. As a professional classical guitarist, he has performed throughout the U.S., Italy, Australia, and New Zealand, especially as a duo with his wife, soprano Elisa Ramon.

Dr. Olivieri holds a Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of California Riverside, a Master of Music in Classical Guitar Performance from Manhattan School of Music (New York City), and a Master of Music (summa cum laude) in Music Publishing, a Diploma in Classical Guitar, and a Bachelor of Music in Musicology all from the Cesare Pollini Conservatory in Padua, Italy.

Contact: alessio.olivieri@unl.edu