Marco is a young Italian pianist born in 2001. He is currently studying under the guidance of Natalia Trull and Luca Rasca at the Accademia del Ridotto. He gave his first piano recitals after winning first prize, at just sixteen years old, at the R. Schumann International Competition in Italy.

He is a recent winner of the 2025 La Palma d’oro piano competition in Finale Ligure and Premio Donzdorf, the International Villafranca Piano Competition and the 2024 Murai Grand Prix in Croatia.

He has won over twenty prizes in national and international piano competitions, including 3rd prize at the “Città di Taranto” International Piano Competition in Italy, 4th prize at the Silvio Bengalli Competition, 1st prize at Recondite Armonie, 1st prize at the Euregio Competition in Germany, and many others.

Since 2018, Marco has performed regularly in concerts in Italy and France, appearing in prestigious venues and theaters such as the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, the House of Culture in Moscow, the Theater of Nizhny Novgorod, Salle Cortot and Théâtre de Passy in Paris, Auditorium Mahler in Milan, Teatro Gioacchino Rossini in Pesaro, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, and the Ateneul in Bacău.

He also collaborates with chamber music ensembles and, as a soloist, has performed with various orchestras, including the Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra of Milan, the

FORM Marchigiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bacău Philharmonic, the Raffaello Orchestra, and the Chamber Orchestra “I Cameristi” of Reggio Emilia.

He has been invited to perform at numerous festivals and associations, such as Pianissimo in Russia, the Göteborg Festival, the Grožnjan Festival, Ente Concerti of Pesaro, Roma Tre, Monferrato Classica, Amici della Musica in Bologna, the Carlo Felice Theater in Genoa, and the Artenetra Festival.

Born in Pesaro, Marco obtained his diploma at the age of seventeen from the “G. Rossini” Conservatory in Pesaro, and later, in 2024, from the École Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot in Paris with Rena Shereshevskaya.

Marco is generously supported by the Safran Foundation.