Born in Cesena (IT) in 1996, Livia Malossi Bottignole graduated in Piano (2017) with full marks and in Chamber Music (2019) magna cum laude. Also, in 2022 she gained a Bachelor Degree in Composition magna cum laude in Bologna (IT), with Paolo Aralla. She is currently attending the Masters’ Degree Composition Studies at Royal Conservatoire The Hague (NL), with Martijn Padding and Calliope Tsoupakis. 
In both countries she also attended various workshops about sound, multidisciplinarity and multimedia with artists like Enrico Malatesta, Scott Gibbons, Leandros Ntolas and Dganit Elyakim.

Recently, her compositions have been played at Festival Nuova Consonanza in Rome (IT), Festival Gaudeamus in Utrecht (NL), Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ in Amsterdam (NL), Musiikkitalo in Helsinki (FIN), Accademia Chigiana in Siena (IT), Brandeis University (MA, USA) and, as a member of In.Nova Fert collective, at 64 ° Festival Internazionale di Musica Contemporanea – Biennale di Venezia 2020 (FontanaMix Ensemble dir. Francesco La Licata).
She also won the Fromm Foundation Composition Fellows to join the 2022 Composers Conference in Waltham, Boston, USA.

In 2023, she signed a discography and recording contract with Digressione Music (IT).

Additionally, in 2021 she won the Juurilla Commissioning Grant from Versoi Ensemble (FIN-USA), and she received a commission from La Piana del Cavaliere, for the project “Coincidenze” in Orvieto (IT) realized in collaboration with Chigiana Academy (IT), Impuls Festival (DE) and Gaudeamus Festival (NL). 
She has also been selected for the 27th Youth Composer Meeting by Orkest de Ereprijs (NL) where she won the RSKT 2021 commission for a piece premiered during the Andriessen Festival 2022, at Musis & Stadstheater in Arnhem (NL).
In 2023 she has been selected by Hong Kong New Music Ensemble 香港創樂團 for the project “Shapes Songs” in Hong Kong.