Marco Longo

Marco Longo (*1979) is an italian pianist and composer.

His works have been played in several festivals and venues in Europe, USA and Asia, such as Festival Pontino (Latina), Festival Rondò (Milano), New Music Miami, Festival Mixtur (Barcelona), Mise-en Festival (New York), Mostra Sonora (Sueca-Valencia), Parco della Musica (Roma), Festival Nuova Musica (Treviso), GAMO (Firenze), Chengdu Conservatory (China), Bellagio Festival, Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Nuova Consonanza (Roma), Festival Il Suono, ISCM 2018 World New Music Days (Beijing), NOSPR (Katowice), Echoes of Time (Miami) International Review of Composers (Belgrade), Encuentros Sonoros (Sevilla), Twin Cities Contemporary Music Festival (USA), Weimarer Früjahrstage, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan etc.

Ensembles and soloists who have performed his works include Divertimento Ensemble, Dedalo Ensemble, SurPlus, AlterEgo, dissonArt, l’Arsenale, PMCE, Vertixe Sonora, mise-en ensemble, Nodus, Red Note ensemble, Tokyo Nomad ensemble, NewMade ensemble, Ensemble Suonogiallo, Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej, Imago Sonora, via nova ensemble, Tokyo Sinfonietta, Alda Caiello, Maria Grazia Bellocchio, Francesco Gesualdi, Dario Savron, Marco Fusi.

He won prizes and honor mentions at several composition competitions: National Prize of Arts, “Premio Bucchi” (Roma), AFAM Competition (Milano), Sun River Prize (China), "L.Nono" (Torino), Wroclaw International Competition (Poland), Premio Evangelisti (Roma), Irino Prize 2020 (Tokyo), Weimar Composition Competition (Germany) a.o.

His music has been broadcasted by Rai RadioTre and RadioClassica.

He teaches Composition at Reggio Emilia Conservatory and he is a co-founder and pianist of MotoContrario, a musical ensemble and a collective of composers and performers based in Trento, his hometown.

He studied composition at Conservatory of Trento and at Accademia Nazionale di S.Cecilia in Rome, with Ivan Fedele, also following composition courses at Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Fondazione Romanini in Brescia and Accademia Filarmonica in Bologna with Azio Corghi.

He took part in several seminars and masterclass (Alessandro Solbiati, Stefano Gervasoni, Nadir Vassena) and he was admitted at the Schloss Solitude Summer Academy in Stuttgart (Chaya Czernowin, Steven Takasugi and Amnon Wolman).