Matteo Macinanti is a PhD student in History and Analysis of Musical Cultures at Sapienza University of Rome, where he obtained his Master’s degree in Musicology. He is Editorial Assistant of Chigiana Journal of Musicological Studies and participated as a member of the Organizing Committee of the last Chigiana Conferences (2019-2020-2021). He is Cultore della materia (Subject Expert) at the University of Salerno and he is a founding member and editor-in-chief of Quinte Parallele, one of the main musical webzines in Italy. He is currently focusing on the musical language of emigrée Russian composers exiled in Paris during the interwar period.