(Below is a music bio. For the audio-visual work, go to Molto Ohm)

Now based in Brooklyn, Liberatore spent much of his life in the medieval region of Abruzzo, Italy, amidst dramatic landscapes that are reflected through a performance and composition style of “unsettling beauty” and “striking physicality” (The New York City Jazz Record).

Liberatore is known for his nuanced and precise treatment of timbre, texture, rhythm and gesture—whether through the elegant immediacy of unadorned instrumentation (his primary instrument is the guitar) or the affecting dislocation of electronics and preparations. The latter approach can be heard in his first solo guitar album released on Innova Recordings—aptly titled Solos—which was included in Ted Gioia’s best albums of 2018 and presents “a dark world of innovative sounds… strange yet accessible music that seems just a beginning of an exploration of unlimited possibilities." (All About Jazz)

Matteo is currently focused on a solo electronic project called Molto Ohm which is a sonic exploration of the interplay between digital life and social decay on an emotional level; a duo with Amirtha Kidambi (vocals) creating “interdimensional” (The Quietus) improvised aural landscapes that are at once spacious and unrestrained, as heard on their debut album Neutral Love (Astral Spirits); ongoing collaborations include a duo with Brian Chase, playing in the art-rock band Gold Dime, and a trio with Donald McKenzkie and Mark Kelley.

He is also an active member of New York’s improv scene, having released albums with Ava Mendoza, Joanna Mattrey, gabby fluke-mogul, Elliott Sharp, Weasel Walter, Catherine Sikora, and also having participated in compilations alongside Aaron Dilloway, C. Spencer Yeh, and many others.

During his formative years, Liberatore studied classical guitar under Maestro Marco Salcito at Conservatorio di Foggia, philosophy at the University of L’Aquila, and obtained his M.M. in Jazz Performance at NYU.