About Me

I was born in Florence in 1996, and I'm based in Pisa. I’m a researcher and musician. I studied Philosophy at the University of Pisa and I’m now a PhD student at the Scuola Normale Superiore, where I work on non-classical logic, probability theory, the philosophy of belief, and the connections between logic and music. My research spans multiple interdisciplinary fields, with a particular focus on the relationship between logical and musical systems. I’ve presented my work at various international conferences. Alongside my philosophical research, I’m active as a jazz pianist and composer. I earned my degree in Jazz Piano at the “P. Mascagni” Conservatory in Livorno with a thesis on Mal Waldron. Currently I'm completing a second master’s degree in Jazz Composition, focusing on the work of Claus Ogerman. I write and direct several original performances and regularly take part in musical and theater projects, leading and performing with ensembles that interpret my compositions.

Contact Details

Matteo Bizzarri
Scuola Normale Superiore
Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7, 56126, Pisa (PI)

matteo.bizzarri@sns.it

Education

Conservatorio "P. Mascagni"

Master's degree in Jazz Composition 2023-

In progress.

Scuola Normale Superiore

PhD in Philosophy 2021-

Multivalued Logics, Philosophy of probability, Logic and music.

Conservatorio "P. Mascagni", Livorno

Bachelor's degree in Piano Jazz 2016 - 2022

Thesis title: "Mal Waldron: impressionismo e minimalismo nel jazz americano."

University of Pisa

Master's Degree in Philosophy 2019 - 2021

Thesis title: "Framing beliefes into fractional semantics for classical logic".

University of Pisa

Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy 2016 - 2019

Thesis title: "Il teorema di completezza: analisi di un risultato logico" (Completeness theorem: analysis of a logic result.)

Papers

Wittgenstein, Probability and Supraclassical Logics

History and Philosophy of Logic 2025

Foundations of LLCM: Labelled Lambek Calculus for Music Analysis (j.w.w. Satoshi Tojo)

Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design – 14th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2025, Springer Nature - PDF 2025

A Formal Proof-Theoretic Approach to Music Analysis using Labelled Lambek Calculus

SIGMUS 2024 (Vol.2024-MUS-141 No.4) - PDF 2024

Framing beliefs into fractional semantics for classical logic

Current Topics in Logic and the Philosophy of Science. Papers from SILFS 2022 postgraduate conference - PDF 2024

Inside and outside the boundaries: probability in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus

IWS 2024 - PDF 2024

Chord Progression Analysis by Labelled Lambek Calculus (j.w.w. Satoshi Tojo)

11° International Conference on New Music Concepts (ICNMC) - PDF 2024

A solution to the Lottery Paradox through Fractional Semantics

Fifth Pisa Colloquium in Logic, Language and Epistemology - PDF 2023

Music and logic: a connection between two worlds

CMMR conference, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) - PDF 2023

Talks

Foundations of LLCM: Labelled Lambek Calculus for Music Analysis (j.w.w. Satoshi Tojo)

EvoMusArt 2025 - Trieste University 24th of April 2025

Extending Fractional Semantics: Full and Revisable Beliefs

A Kyoto-Taipei Workshop on Logic of Agent - Kyoto University 2nd of March 2025

How to dissolve the Lottery Paradox as a lump of sugar in water: Wittgenstein's probability and supraclassical logics

LLAL@GSIS (V) - Sendai, Tohoku University 24th of February 2025

Framing Full Beliefs and Revisable Beliefs into Fractional Semantics for Classical Logic

LLAL@GSIS (III) - Sendai, Tohoku University 30th of August 2024

A Formal Proof-Theoretic Approach to Music Analysis Using Labeled Lambek Calculus

SIGMUS August 2024 - Komazawa University - Tokyo 26th of August 2024

Inside and outside the boundaries: probability in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus

IWS 2024 - Kirchberg am Wechsel August 2024

Chord Progression Analysis by Labelled Lambek Calculus (with Satoshi Tojo)

ICNMC 2024 - Treviso March 2024

Music and Logic: a connection between two worlds

CMMR 2023 - Tokyo November 2023

Reconciling Belief Paradoxes: Fractional Semantics and the Solution to Classical Logic’s Belief Paradoxes

Cape Lectures - University of Kyoto 9th of November 2023

Wittgenstein, probability and supraclassical logic

SILFS triennial conference September 2023

A solution to the Lottery Paradox through Fractional Semantics

Scuola Normale Superiore's Logic Seminars May 2023

The logic of uncertainty

Gavagai group seminars April 2023

The Lockean Thesis and fractional semantics

LAIS Como Summer School September 2022

Framing beliefs into fractional semantics for classical logic

5th SILFS Postgraduate conference June 2022

Beliefs, probability and fractional semantics

Scuola Normale Superiore's Logic Seminars May 2022

Music

Mal Waldron: impressionismo e minimalismo nel jazz americano.

Jazz Bachelor's degree thesis (only in italian) PDF 2022

Rispecchiati Suite - Live in Scuola Normale Superiore

Link 2025

The abstract Blues, Piano Solo - Live in Scuola Normale Superiore

Link 2025

Concerto degli allievi "Footprints"

Link 2023

Duke Ellington's Sound of love

Link 2020