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Marco Lo Muscio (born in Rome, 1971) is an Italian organist, pianist and composer who lives and works in Italy, Europe and Russian Federation.
Biography
Marco Lo Muscio was born in Rome, Italy.
Marco Lo Muscio studied Piano at the “Licinio Refice” Conservatory in Italy. He earned a degree in Piano with Professor Tonino Maiorani and a degree in Musical Pedagogy with Professor Giulio Sforza at the Conservatorio Statale di Musica in Frosinone (Italy) and at the Roma Tre University (Italy).
He also obtained a degree of Advanced Studies in Piano at the Academy "Bartolomeo Cristofori" with the pianist Sergio Fiorentino, and a specialization in Pipe Organ with prof. James Edward Goettsche.
Since 2004 he is the art director of the "International Organ Summer Festival in Rome", Italy, where internationally acclaimed organists and musicians performed; inter alia Roger Fisher, Martin Baker, Pauli Pietiläinen, Aivars Kalejs, John Hackett, Pär Lindh, Jakob Lorentzen, Kevin Bowyer, Alessandro Bianchi,etc...
Since 2008 Lo Muscio is the Italian collaborator of John Hackett and Steve Hackett (Genesis).
The compositions of Marco Lo Muscio were broadcast on BBC, Vatican Radio, TV2000, RAI 3, and performed from well known musicians like John Hackett, Christopher Herrick, Stephen Farr.
Lo Muscio works for the North Star Media Musical Society in Detroit (USA).
Works
Concerts as organist and pianist in Cathedrals and Concert Halls in Italy, Vatican, France, Germany, England (King's College, Cambridge,Westminster Cathedral ), Scotland (University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel ), Wales, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Denmark, Sweden (Uppsala Cathedral), Finland, Norway, Iceland, etc...) and Russian Federation (Moscow International House of Music ('10), Saint Petersburg Philharmonia (Great Hall '05,'06,'11).
Recordings
Recording Projects with Finnish Magazine Colossus and French label Musea Records:
“Rabid Dogs...Opening Themes” (2010) “Dante Alighieri: Paradise, Divine Comedy Book III” (2010) “Homer: Iliad - A Grand Piano Extravaganza” (2010) “Tales of Edgar Allan Poe” (2010) “A Flower Full of Stars" - a Tribute to The Flower Kings.(2011) “Giovanni Boccaccio: The Decameron Part I” (2012)Recording Projects with Italian labels Drycastle Records and Erreffe Edizioni Musicali distributed from BTF (Italian distribution) and Camino Records:
"Marco Lo Muscio Plays Marco Lo Muscio" (2007)"New Horizons: The Music of Steve Hackett" (2008) "Dark and Light": Progressive originals and transcriptions (2009)"The Book of Bilbo and Gandalf" (2010) with Steve Hackett, John Hackett and Pär Lindh"The Mystic and Progressive Music" (2011)"The Mystic and Esoteric Organ" (DVD 2009)Recording Projects with Italian label Studio Amadeus:
Piano Visions (1999) (Music by Fauré, Liszt, Jehan Alain, Messiaen)Organ Visions (2000) (Music by Bach, Jean Langlais, Guillaume de Machaut, Arvo Pärt, John Dowland, Thomas Tallis, Orlando Gibbons,Vaughan Williams)Organ Vision II (2002) (Music by Richard Strauss, Martin Steel, Herbert Howells, Bjarne Sløgedal, Derek Bourgeois, Erik Satie, Charles Tournemire, Simon Preston, John Weaver, Henry Purcell, Henry VIII, William Walton) American Piano Music (2001) (Music by Lo Muscio, Chick Corea, Brad Mehldau, Keith Jarrett, Keith Emerson, Lennie Tristano, George Gershwin, Steve Hackett, Tony Banks)Louis Spohr, Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert: Chamber Music (2001) with Amelia Versiglioni (soprano) and Simone Scarcella (clarinet).Compositions
Works for Pipe Organ
2007:
Ecstatic Meditations (Homage to Messiaen – Homage to Satie – Homage to Keith Jarrett – Homage to Keith Emerson)Blue PreludeToccata on the name AGBA "Angel's Dance"Welsh FantasyOrgan Visions ("Gothic Visions from Perotinus Time" – "Celestial Visions from Beyond – Gandalf's Dream")2008:
Mystic Pieces (n.1 "The Mystic Bourdon – n.2 "Mystic Alleluya in memory of Messiaen" – n.3 "Cantus Mysticus pro Arvo Pärt" – n.4 "Mystic Dance of Fire – To Robert Fripp")New Litanies in memory of Jehan Alain – "Gandalf's Dance"Choral and Prog Dance – "To Keith Emerson"2009:
Paradiso: Epilogue: "Towards the Stars" from "The Divine Comedy"Towards Rivendell – Gandalf's Meditation (Commissioned from Alessandro Bianchi)2010:
Visions from Minas Tirith – The White Tree (Poem for Organ)Homage to Edgar Allan Poe – "The arrival of Red Death"Concert Variations on Greensleeves (Commissioned from Christopher Herrick)2011:
Red Pedal SoloWhite Prelude – Homage to Giovanni BoccaccioBasilicas and Churches in Rome (Poem for Organ) (Commissioned from Michael Eckerle)Visions from Rohan – The Golden Town (Poem for Organ)In Memoriam Messiaen (Ecstatic Meditation & Mystic Alleluja)Vocalise (To my mother)Pan (Fantasy on "Giulio Sforza" name)Works for Piano
2007:
Blue PreludeNight Song – To Bill Evans2008:
Gymnopédie n.0 –To Erik SatieDark and Light – "The Book of Gandalf" (Poem for Piano)2009:
Meditation on "Horizons" – To Steve HackettBlue Ostinato – To Keith JarrettParadise: Prologue (Poem for Piano) from "The Divine Comedy"Medieval Melodies (n.1 "Theoden's Meditation" – n.2 "The Knight of Rohan")Galadriel – Elf SongThe Hobbit Book – Bilbo and Gandalf (Poem for Piano)2010:
Iliad: Book III and Book XVI (from Homer)2011:
The Lament for Gandalf (Poem for Piano)Works for Flute
2011:
Bilbo's Dream (dedicated to John Hackett)Gymnopédie n.0 (To Erik Satie)Vocalise