Cristiano Melli's work moves between composition and dramaturgy, two practices that refuse to stay separate. His compositions carry the weight of theatre; his dramaturgical work hears music in every dramatic structure. Rooted in Brazil and shaped by years of work across European stages, his output spans string quartets, song cycles, memorial pieces, and major opera productions. Each work is an act of translation — between cultures, between traditions, between the intimacy of a score and the vastness of a stage.