Born in Bologna (Italy), Massimo Taddia graduated in Composition, Piano and Orchestra Conducting at the conservatory “G. B. Martini” of the same town.

Yet assistant conductor to M° Daniel Oren at Fondazione Arena di Verona (Verona, Italy - G. Verdi’s “Nabucco” and “Aida”) and at Carlo Felice opera house (Genova, Italy - Dvorak’s “Stabat Mater”, Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut”) and to M° Carlo Montanaro for whom he has worked with the Navarra Symphony Orchestra (Bilbao, Spain) for “Lucia di Lammermoor” by G. Donizetti and for Verdi’s “Un ballo in maschera” at the Israeli Opera (Tel Aviv, Israel), he has been Music Director of the Fondazione Teatro “G. Borgatti” of Cento (Ferrara, Italy 2008 - 2012) and Artistic Director of the Pafos Aphrodite Festival (2014 - 2017 Cyprus),

Among his collaborations: with Fondazione Teatro Comunale of Bologna (2020, Bologna Opera House, Italy) and its Opera Academy Orchestra and Soloists; Novaya Rossyia State Symphony Orchestra (2021, Zaryadye Concert Hall Moscow, artistic direction of Yuri Bashmet); Royal College of Music London (2022, UK); Carl Orff Zentrum (2007, Münich); Hungarian State Opera (Hungary); Royal Opera House Mumbai (2018, India); Suita Masterclass (2017, Osaka, Japan Colorado College of Music (2012 Boulder, US); Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Cultural Centre (2023, Kuwait City).

Conducted orchestras:

Hungarian State Opera (Budapest Opera House, Hungary)
Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra (Moscow, Russia)
Orquesta de Navarra (Spain)
Musicians from the Royal College of Music London (UK)
Szeged Philarmonic (Hungary)
Sofia Symphony Orchestra (Bulgaria)
Orchestra “G. Verdi” (Parma, Italy)
Orchestra “G. Rossini” (Pesaro, Italy)
Opera Academy Orchestra of Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Bologna (Italy)
Orchestra Città di Ferrara (Italy)
Orchestra Sinfonica “F. Cilea” (Reggio Calabria, Italy)
Bologna Chamber Orchestra (Italy)
Colorado College of Music (USA)
Porto Rico Conservatory of Music (USA)
Craiova Philarmonic (Romania)
Oradea Philarmonic (Romania)
Cyprus Symphony (Cyprus)