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 has been 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 has been 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.


Since 2019 he has been the creator of the "Wunderkammer Artificialia", a Wunderkammer Museum that allows the interaction between art and music.

Works

Concerts as organist and pianist in Cathedrals and Concert Halls in Italy,
Vatican, France, Milan Cathedral, Germany,
England Scotland, 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”
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  • “Great European Organs No.94: The Schmid Organ of the Stadtpfarrkirche, Maria Himmelfahrt, Landsberg am Lech, Germany”
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  • “Great European Organs No.96: The Matz and Luge Organ of St. Barnard's Church, Baden Baden, Germany”
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  • “The Organ Works of Marco Lo Muscio - Kevin Bowyer plays the Willis Organ of Glasgow University Memorial Chapel”
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  • Appears On "Organ Party Vol.III" - Kevin Bowyer "In Memoriam of Messiaen"
Recording Projects with Stradivarius :
  • “On the Wings of the Wind" John Hackett and Marco Lo Muscio DUO
Featuring Steve Hackett, David Jackson and David Cross.


, Steve Hackett, John Hackett and Marco Lo Muscio.
Recording Projects with Brilliant Classics :
  • “Andrea Padova plays Lo Muscio" - Featuring Steve Hackett


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With "Da Vinci Classics":

Appears On "Ferrari, Bacchini, Bertuletti, Macchia, Lo Muscio: Tabula Summa, Italian Contemporary Organ Music" - Ivan Ronda

"Prelude in memory of Maurice Ravel"; "Gothic Dances"
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
Recording Projects with Finnish Magazine Colossus and French label Musea Records:
  • “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"
Recording Projects with Italian labels Drycastle Records and Erreffe Edizioni Musicali distributed from BTF and Camino Records:
  • "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"
Video:
  • "Dusk Day 4: Welcome Steve! A day in Orvieto
  • "The Mystic and Esoteric Organ"
Recording Projects with Italian label Studio Amadeus:
  • Piano Visions

  • Organ Visions

  • Organ Vision II

  • American Piano Music

Works for Pipe Organ
2007:
  • Ecstatic Meditations
  • Blue Prelude
  • Toccata on the name AGBA "Angel's Dance"
  • Welsh Fantasy
  • Organ Visions
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
  • Choral and Prog Dance – "To Keith Emerson"
2009:
  • Paradiso: Epilogue: "Towards the Stars" from "The Divine Comedy"
  • Towards Rivendell – Gandalf's Meditation
2010:
  • Visions from Minas Tirith – The White Tree
  • Homage to Edgar Allan Poe – "The arrival of Red Death"
  • Concert Variations on Greensleeves
2011:
2012:
2013:
  • Prelude in memory of Maurice Ravel
  • Prelude "To Lúthien"
  • Vocalise n.3 "Pour Dauphine"
2014:
2015:
  • 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
2016:
  • 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"
2017:
  • 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
2018:
2019:
  • Dyptique Magique:
I. Ostinato sur le nom M.E.R.L.I.N.

II. Ricercare on the name G.A.N.D.A.L.F.

  • Three Ostinato Meditations :
I. On the name T.A.L.L.I.S.

II. On the name A.S.T.O.N.

III. On the name H.A.C.K.E.T.T.
  • "Mosaics", Homage to Ravenna:
I. Ricercare “La Basilica di San Vitale”

II. Processione dei Magi

III. Tordion - Il Leone di San Marco

IV. Abramo e gli angeli

V. Cervi Sacri
2020:
  • Ricercare and Ostinato on the name C.O.O.M.A.N.
  • “Jonah and the whale” - Biblical Scene
  • “DARK TIMES” :
I. Medieval Times

II. Black Plague

III. Prayer
  • "Hymn Suite" :
1. Prelude on “There's a Wideness in God's Mercy”

2. Offertory on “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”

3. Interlude on “All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name”

4. Meditation on “Amazing Grace”

5. Elevation on “Nearer, My God, to Thee”

6. Postlude on “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name”
  • "Shakespeare Suite":
I. Processional from “Richard III”

II. Soliloquy from “Hamlet”

III. Puck from “Midsummer Night's Dream”
2022:
  • Meditation on the "Punta Scorno" Lighthouse
Works for Piano
2007:
2008:
2009:
  • 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
2010:
  • Iliad: Book III and Book XVI
2011:
  • The Lament for Gandalf
2013:
  • "Nastagio degli Onesti" from "The Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio
2015:
  • Prelude and Gymnopédie
  • Due Ricercari
2017:
2018:
  • "Courtly Love"
  • The Journey of Gandalf
  • The Book of a Vampire
  • In Memoriam
2019:
  • The Yellow King
  • The Gothic Room from "Gaspard de la Nuit "
  • Canone and Ostinato
  • Prelude and Ostinato
  • Contrappunti
  • Prelude and Gymnopèdie
2022:
  • "Miracoli/Miracles" - Incidental music for Roberto Leoni's theatrical show:
Prelude Atto I - Prelude Atto II - Marcia Atto III - Alleuja 1,2,3
Works for Harpsichord
2018:
  • Trois Pièces pour Clavecin
Chamber Music
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