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Born in Milan (Italy), Marco is a guitarist, composer, academic and artistic director from Milano
As performer Marco, he has been awarded various first Prizes in important international competitions in Italy, Spain, UK, and France. He has been invited to perform worldwide at major concert halls, his concertistic career also includes performances at several international music festivals. His debut album "Energico" was released by Nimbus Alliance. In 2018 he released an album with Brilliant Classics with the complete solo music by Federico Mompou and Roberto Gerhard. He has also made recordings for Naxos, Dynamic records and Radio of Las Palmas. A keen advocate of contemporary music, Marco commissioned and premiered more than fifty compositions for solo and chamber music.
As a composer, Marco won the "World Guitar Composition Competition". His music is performed by some of the most internationally acclaimed soloists, including Lorenzo Micheli, Sean Shibe, Sasha Savaloni, Andrea Dieci, and Andrea De Vitis.
Marco obtained a doctorate in performing arts from the University of St Andrews (UK) and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Marco has given lectures at different Universities and festivals worldwide.
Marco is also Artistic Director of some music festivals in Italy, Czech and Ireland – for instance, the increasingly important Festival Corde d'Autunno in Milan and TouchTheSound Project. From 2004 to 2018, he inspired the creation of more than one hundred events. In 2018 he was awarded the "Golden Guitar 2018" for the promotion by the scientific committee of the "Michele Pittaluga" International Guitar Conference.
Marco is also an advocated teacher. He is a lecturer at the TU Dublin Conservatoire. He has presented masterclasses in many institutions in Italy, Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom, Greece, China and USA.
Marco has graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with a Masters Degree of Performance (APEL) with Distinction under Prof. Allan Neave and Prof. Rory Boyle's supervision in composition. He graduated as a private candidate from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatoire of Music in Milan. He obtained a second level postgraduate diploma (with full marks and Magna com Laude) at the Luca Marenzio Conservatoire of Music in Darfo Boario Terme (Italy). Marco obtained a further postgraduate diploma in "Chamber Music" with full marks, all in addition to a bachelor's degree in Computer science.
