Duccio Beluffi graduated in violin in Milan with Felice Cusano. He then graduated from the Geneva Conservatory of Music under Corrado Romano. At the Fiesole School of Music he studied chamber music with Norbert Brainin, Stevan Gheorgyu, Dario De Rosa and Thomas Brandis. He studied string quartet with Franco Rossi. In 1997 he won, ranking first among eligible candidates, the International Competition at Teatro alla Scala.
Graduated in viola with honors in 2008, in the same year he won the Competition for First Viola at Teatro S. Carlo in Naples. In 2009 he won auditions, as first viola, at the Royal Scottisch National Orchestra in Glasgow and, as co-principal, at the London Philharmonic. Following this he was invited to collaborate with the Berliner Philharmoniker Camerata Ensemble. In 2012 he gained eligibility as First Viola (first and only eligible) with the Arena di Verona Orchestra. In 2014 he won the position of First Viola Soloist at the Teatre Liceu in Barcelona.
As a violist, he has played and recorded Mozart’s quartets with flute with Franco Gulli and Sir James Galway and given concerts with Salvatore Accardo in string quintet.