Marco Lo Muscio
Marco Lo Muscio is an Italian organist, pianist and composer, who lives and works in Italy, Europe, Russian Federation and America.
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 and at the Roma Tre University.
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 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 such as Jean Guillou, Thomas Trotter, Stephen Tharp, Roger Sayer, Roger Fisher, Martin Baker, Pauli Pietiläinen, Aivars Kalējs, John Hackett, Pär Lindh, Jakob Lorentzen, Kevin Bowyer, David Briggs, Christopher Herrick, David Jackson, John Scott, Colin Walsh, Carson Cooman, Andrew Nethsingha, Martin Setchell, Alessandro Bianchi, Jean-Paul Imbert, Gail Archer.
Since 2008, Lo Muscio is the Italian collaborator of John Hackett
and Steve Hackett.
The compositions and transcriptions of Marco Lo Muscio were broadcast on BBC,
BR-Klassik,
Vatican Radio, TV2000, RAI 3, and performed worldwide from renowned musicians such as Kevin Bowyer, Thomas Trotter, Roger Sayer, Carol Anne Williams, John Hackett, Christopher Herrick, Stephen Farr, David Briggs, John Scott, Patrick Ayrton, Andrea Padova, Chris Jarrett, Stephen Tharp.
Lo Muscio recorded CDs for the English classical label Priory Records, Stradivarius and Brilliant Classics.
Works
Concerts as organist and pianist in Cathedrals and Concert Halls in Italy,Vatican, France, Germany,
England Scotland, Wales, New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., Boston, Milwaukee, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
, Denmark, Sweden,Finland,
Norway, Iceland, Russian Federation Moscow International House of Music, Saint Petersburg Philharmonia, Saint Petersburg Court Capella,Gnessin State Musical Collegein Moscow, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow.
Recordings
Recording Projects with English label Priory Records:- “Great European Organs No.89: The Chichi Organ in The Basilica Del Sacro Cuore, Rome”
- “Great European Organs No.94: The Schmid Organ of the Stadtpfarrkirche, Maria Himmelfahrt, Landsberg am Lech, Germany”
- “Great European Organs No.96: The Matz and Luge Organ of St. Barnard's Church, Baden Baden, Germany”
- “The Organ Works of Marco Lo Muscio - Kevin Bowyer plays the Willis Organ of Glasgow University Memorial Chapel”
- Appears On "Organ Party Vol.III" - Kevin Bowyer "In Memoriam of Messiaen"
- “On the Wings of the Wind" John Hackett and Marco Lo Muscio DUO
, Steve Hackett, John Hackett and Marco Lo Muscio.
Recording Projects with Brilliant Classics :
- “Andrea Padova plays Lo Muscio" - Featuring Steve Hackett
With "Appassionato label":
Appears On "Musica Viva - Today's Italian Organ Music" - Domenico Severin
"Homage to Edgar Allan Poe - The arrival of Red Death"
Recording Projects with English label Hacktrax Records:
- “Playing the History”: Fresh instrumental interpretations of some of the masterpieces of progressive rock music performed by Marco Lo Muscio, Steve Hackett, John Hackett, David Jackson, Carlo Matteucci and Giorgio Gabriel
- “Rabid Dogs...Opening Themes”
- “Dante Alighieri: Paradise, Divine Comedy Book III”
- “Homer: Iliad - A Grand Piano Extravaganza”
- “Tales of Edgar Allan Poe”
- “A Flower Full of Stars" - a Tribute to The Flower Kings.
- “Giovanni Boccaccio: The Decameron Part I”
- “Giovanni Boccaccio: The Decameron Part II” - with "Playing the History"
- "Marco Lo Muscio Plays Marco Lo Muscio"
- "New Horizons: The Music of Steve Hackett"
- "Dark and Light": Progressive originals and transcriptions
- "The Book of Bilbo and Gandalf" with Steve Hackett, John Hackett and Pär Lindh
- "The Mystic and Progressive Music"
- "Dusk Day 4: Welcome Steve! A day in Orvieto
- "The Mystic and Esoteric Organ"
- Piano Visions
- Organ Visions
- Organ Vision II
- American Piano Music
- Louis Spohr, Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert: Chamber Music with Amelia Versiglioni and Simone Scarcella.
Compositions
2007:
- Ecstatic Meditations
- Blue Prelude
- Toccata on the name AGBA "Angel's Dance"
- Welsh Fantasy
- Organ Visions
- 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
- Choral and Prog Dance – "To Keith Emerson"
- Paradiso: Epilogue: "Towards the Stars" from "The Divine Comedy"
- Towards Rivendell – Gandalf's Meditation
- Visions from Minas Tirith – The White Tree
- Homage to Edgar Allan Poe – "The arrival of Red Death"
- Concert Variations on Greensleeves
- Red Pedal Solo
- White Prelude – Homage to Giovanni Boccaccio
- Basilicas and Churches in Rome
- Visions from Rohan – The Golden Town
- In Memoriam of Messiaen
- Vocalise n.1 "To my mother"
- Pan - to Giulio Sforza
- Variations on Gabriel's Message
- Prelude in memory of Maurice Ravel
- Prelude "To Lúthien"
- Vocalise n.3 "Pour Dauphine"
- Via Crucis
- Canzona "Homage to Todi"
- Canzona "Homage to Gubbio"
- Trittico Toscano "Homage to Pienza":
- I.Ricercare "Pienza Cathedral"
- II.Canone sul nome P.I.E.N.Z.A.
- III.Saltarello "Piccolomini Palace"
- Vocalise n.4 "Invocation to Francesco d'Assisi"
- Vocalise n.5 "To Nadja"
- Il Cammino di Francesco
- Pastorale "Francesco a Greccio"
- Éowyn's Memories
- The Dream of Arwen
- In memoriam
- Ostinato
- Vocalise n.6 "To Carson"
- Three Ostinato Preludes:
- I Mystic Litanies
- II Medieval Prelude
- III In the Progressive Mood
- An Endless Song
- "Homage to Orvieto":
- I Fantasia "Palazzo del Popolo"
- II Ricercare Cromatico "Orvieto Cathedral"
- III Pavana "Church of San Giovenale"
- IV Canzona "Church of Sant'Agostino"
- In Memoriam Keith Emerson "Ostinato"
- Gothic Dances:
- I Contraddanza - "The Knights of Piero della Francesca"
- II Estampie - "Homage to Charlemagne"
- III Pavana - "Hunters in the snow" by Pieter Bruegel
- IV Tourdion - "Dance Macabre" by Bernt Nokte in Tallinn
- V Saltarello - "Peasant wedding" by Pieter Bruegel
- VI Canzona Gotica "The Cathedral of San Biagio in Montepulciano"
- Quattro Fioretti di San Francesco :
- I. "Il pranzo mistico di Santa Chiara e San Francesco"
- II. "San Francesco addomestica le tortore selvagge"
- III. "Cristo appare a Giovanni della Verna"
- IV. "San Francesco converte il lupo di Gubbio”
- Gothic Canon, Mystic Vocalise and Organum for Adelio
- Meditation on “Ein Feste Burge”
- White Prelude n.2 “Homage to Geoffrey Chaucer”
- "Ad Lucem"
- Variations on Scarborough Fair
- Four Seasonal Rhapsodies
- Fantasia on Wondrous Love
- Fantasia Meditation on Lauda Sion
- Dyptique Magique:
II. Ricercare on the name G.A.N.D.A.L.F.
- Three Ostinato Meditations :
II. On the name A.S.T.O.N.
III. On the name H.A.C.K.E.T.T.
Works for Piano
2007:
- Blue Prelude
- Night Song – To Bill Evans
- Gymnopédie n.0 –To Erik Satie
- Dark and Light – "The Book of Gandalf"
- Meditation on "Horizons" – To Steve Hackett
- Blue Ostinato – To Keith Jarrett
- Paradise: Prologue from "The Divine Comedy"
- Medieval Melodies
- Galadriel – Elf Song
- The Hobbit Book – Bilbo and Gandalf
- Iliad: Book III and Book XVI
- The Lament for Gandalf
- "Nastagio degli Onesti" from "The Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio
- Prelude and Gymnopédie
- Due Ricercari
- Prelude in Memory of Claude Debussy - "La Lune Blanche"
- "Courtly Love"
- The Journey of Gandalf
- The Book of a Vampire
- In Memoriam
- The Yellow King
- The Gothic Room from "Gaspard de la Nuit "
2018:
- Trois Pièces pour Clavecin
2011/19:
- Bilbo's Dream - Solo Flute
- Gymnopédie n.0
- Six Vocalises
- Prelude in memory of Maurice Ravel
- Nastagio degli Onesti
- "Courtly Love" flute and Piano version