| Biography |
| Born on April 10th, 1974 in Monza (Milan), Marco Marinoni studied composition with Mario Garuti at Conservatorio A. Boito in Parma. He took a full mark cum laude diploma in Electronic Music under the guidance of Alvise Vidolin at Conservatorio B. Marcello in Venice, where he is currently enrolled in the Diploma Sperimentale di Secondo Livello. His interests as a composer include as well classic contemporary music, electronic and electroacoustic experimentation, live electronics, video art, installations and rock improvisation. Since 1999, his compositions have been featured at festivals, competitions and workshops (Primo Festival Internazionale della Chitarra N. Paganini - Parma 1999; Riflessi allo Specchio, Compositori a teatro - Mantova 1999; Doppio Gioco Stagione 2000 - Lugano; Musica nei Chiostri - Milan 2001; Valsassina Festival 2001; Festival Synthése 2003 - Bourges; XIV CIM - Colloquium on Musical Informatics - Florence 2003; XII International Review of Composers - Belgrade 2003; International Gaudeamus Music Week 2002; International Gaudeamus Music Week 2003; Atelier SGNM 2000 in Lugano-Bigorio; Comporre il Nuovo, Compositori a Confronto 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 - Reggio Emilia; Laboratori di perfezionamento e Ricerca Musicale - II Edizione in Brallo; Diffusion 2003 - Limerick; 41st Internationale Feienkursen fur Neue Musik - Darmstadt 2002; 3rd International Conference "Understanding and creating music", Caserta 2002; 40° Festival di Nuova Consonanza - Rome 2003), Warsaw Autumn 2004 - 47th International Festival of Contemporary music - Warsaw, X Stage Internazionale del Saxofono - Fermo 2004, International Gaudeamus Interpreter Competition 2005 - Amsterdam, Electrofringe 05New Media Arts Festival - Newcastle NSW 2005, Imagine 2 Electroacoustic Music Festival - Memphis 2005, New Works for Sound and Video - University of Wisconsin - Whitewater USA 2006, Traiettorie 07 - Parma 2007, Paganiniana 2007 - Genova, La Biennale di Venezia - 52.Festival Internazionale di Musica Contemporanea, EMUFEST 2008 - International Electroacoustic MUsic FESTival - S.Cecilia - Rome 2008, being broadcast by 33 radios in 22 counties and published by MNEMOSYNE Musique Média - Bourges (Cultures Electroniques n°16), Auditorium Edizioni - Milano (Punti di Ascolto 2005) and Aliamusica - Parma. In 2001 his analytic essay Intension und Komplexitat in Mario Garutis Quantunque appeared on Musik & Aesthetik (Heft 18, April 2001). In 2002 he was awarded the Prix du Trivium in the 29e Concours International de Musique et d'Art Sonore Electroacoustiques - Bourges 2002. Marco Marinoni was finalist for the Internatioanl Gaudeamus Composers Competition 2002 and 2003. In 2005 his piece Wahn was selected for the CD Punti di Ascolto 2005 by Federazione CEMAT - Roma. His piece Dove la Luce was mentioned at the same call. In 2007 he was awarded the 1st Prize at the Primo Concorso di Composizione per Iperviolino - Genova. In 2008 his work Il grifo nelle perle nere for piano and hypersampler was selected for the XVII CIM - XVII Colloquium on Music and Informatics and his essay Atomi distratti was included in the Proceedings of the Colloquium. His piece ToWalkTheNight was selected at the first International Electroacoustic Music Festival EMUFEST - Rome. Marco Marinoni presently lives in Finale Ligure (Savona - ITALY). |
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| (Last updated October 2008) |