He studied harmony with Danilo Lorenzini, a representative of the Luigi Dallapiccola school of composition, and counterpoint with Adelchi Amisano, a student of Goffredo Petrassi.

He completed his doctorate at the Free University of Berlin under Jürgen Maehder, focusing on the interpretation of ancient Greek mythology in the music theater of Carl Orff.

[2] Pietro Massa performs as a pianist worldwide, including in Western Europe, Brazil, Japan, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Ukraine, the United States, and Uruguay.

His solo piano repertoire ranges from the Baroque to the modern era, and he has performed in prestigious venues in Berlin (Philharmonie and Konzerthaus), Hamburg (Laeiszhalle), Munich (Gasteig), Düsseldorf (Tonhalle and Robert-Schumann-Saal), Nuremberg (Meistersingerhalle) and Stuttgart (Liederhalle).

At the Institute for Musicology and Media Studies, he is working with Arne Stollberg on his research project, "History and Aesthetics of Italian Piano Music."

While researching in the Fleisher Collection archives in Philadelphia, Pietro Massa discovered the long-lost score of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Piano Concerto No.

[8] This success led to a long-term collaboration with conductor Stefan Malzew, resulting in highly regarded recordings, including Piano Concerto No.