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Marco Lo Muscio

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Marco Lo Muscio (born 1971) 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.Messiaen Perspectives 2: Techniques, Influence and Reception by Robert Fallon (12 Oct 2016); {{ISBN|978-1138269651}}; pp 271; pp 273Prog Rock FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Rock's Most Progressive Music by Will Romano (5 Jan 2015); {{ISBN|978-1617135873}}

Rock Progressivo Italiano: An introduction to Italian Progressive Rock by Andrea Parentin (12 Aug 2011); {{ISBN|978-14-63734-28-2}}; pp 340Tolkien Rocks: Viaggio Musicale nella Terra di Mezzo by Fabrizio Giosué (Sept 2015); {{ISBN|978-8862318280}}; pp 87-88-89Quando il Rock divenne musica colta: Storia del Prog by Fabio Rossi (Sept 2015); {{ISBN|978-8898155828}}; pp 66; pp 94

Rock Progressivo Italiano by Massimo Salari (February 2018); {{ISBN|978-8862318617}}; pp 210

The sound of Steve Hackett Vol.I by Paulo De Carvalho (May 2018); {{ISBN|978-0692092408}}; pp 18

Suono Magazine; No 509 Sept 2016; interview pp 108-109-110-111{{Cite web | url=http://www.organduo.lt/podcast/sop-podcast-76-marco-lo-muscio-on-organ-recordings-rock-music-and-transcriptions | title=SOP Podcast #76 - Marco Lo Muscio on Organ Recordings, Rock Music, and Transcriptions }}{{Cite web | url=https://quinteparallele.net/2016/03/28/un-organo-per-tolkien-marco-lo-muscio/ | title=Un organo per Tolkien - Marco Lo Muscio | date=28 March 2016 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.abitarearoma.net/marco-lo-muscio/#.WKbW1m_hC1s|title=Intervista a Marco Lo Muscio|date=22 March 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.arlequins.it/pagine/articoli/corpointerviste.asp?chi=198|title = Interviste}}{{Cite web | url=http://guide.supereva.it/musica_progressive/interventi/2010/03/lo-muscio-con-steve-hackett-alla-scoperta-del-mondo-di-tolkien | title=Lo Muscio con Steve Hackett alla scoperta del mondo di Tolkien }}{{Cite web | url=http://www.organieorganisti.it/marco-lo-muscio | title=Marco Lo Muscio | Organi & Organisti }}{{Cite web | url=http://www.jazzitalia.net/Artisti/marcolomuscio.asp#.Wqou_cPwa1s | title=Jazzitalia - Artisti: Marco Lo Muscio }}{{Cite web | url=http://www.metallized.it/articolo.php?id=862 | title=Intervista - MARCO LO MUSCIO - Riarrangiamenti Progressivi }}

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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 (Italy) and at the Roma Tre University (Italy).

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{{Cite web | url=http://www.marketinglancashire.com/news/2016/3/29/prog-at-the-priory-season-announced-a4377 | title='Prog at the Priory' Season announced | date=29 March 2016 }}{{Cite web | url=http://hacktrax.co.uk/index.php/with-marco-lo-muscio | title=With Marco Lo Muscio – Hacktrax }}{{cite web|url=http://www.metallized.it/articolo.php?id=1142 |title=Live Report - MARCO LO MUSCIO, JOHN HACKETT, GIORGIO GABRIEL - San Paolo dentro le Mura, Roma, 03/07/2011 |publisher=Metallized.it |date= |accessdate=2012-10-23}}{{cite web | url=http://orvietosi.it/2017/06/torna-a-orvieto-john-hackett-grande-flautista-progressive-in-concerto-al-duomo/ | title=Torna a Orvieto John Hackett, grande flautista progressive in concerto al Duomo | date=17 June 2017 }}

{{Cite web | url=http://www.firenzepost.it/2016/05/10/firenze-dal-classicismo-viennese-al-progressive-in-stile-genesis-con-john-hackett-e-marco-lo-muscio-ai-mercoledi-musicali/ | title=Firenze: Dal classicismo viennese al progressive in stile Genesis con John Hackett e Marco Lo Muscio ai "Mercoledì Musicali" | date=10 May 2016 }}{{Cite web | url=http://www.parcovillagabrieliovada.it/concerto01.html | title=Parco di Villa Gabrieli Ovada }}

and Steve Hackett (Genesis).{{Cite web | url=http://www.hackettsongs.com/news/newsGeneral11.html | title=HackettSongs - Steve Hackett's Official Music Website }}

{{Cite web | url=http://www.hackettsongs.com/blog/steve30.html | title=HackettSongs - Steve Hackett's Official Music Website }}{{Cite web | url=http://www.hackettsongs.com/news/newsGeneral27.html | title=HackettSongs - Steve Hackett's Official Music Website }}

{{Cite web | url=http://www.hackettsongs.com/news/newsGeneral54.html | title=HackettSongs - Steve Hackett's Official Music Website }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/bandwagon-events/marco-lo-muscio-john-hackett-and-special-guest-steve-hackett-of-genesis/e-jeebav|title=MARCO LO MUSCIO, JOHN HACKETT and special guest STEVE HACKETT of GENESIS at Lancaster Priory Church event tickets from TicketSource|accessdate=21 May 2024}}


{{cite web | url=http://www.hackettsongs.com/blog/steve-hackett-prog-at-the-priory-lancaster.html | title=HackettSongs - Steve Hackett's Official Music Website }}

The compositions and transcriptions of Marco Lo Muscio were broadcast on BBC,{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-13548897 |title=BBC News - Prog Rock played on Gloucester Cathedral's organ |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2011-05-26 |accessdate=2012-10-23}} BR-Klassik, Vatican Radio, TV2000, RAI 3, and performed worldwide from renowned musicians such as Kevin Bowyer,{{Cite web | url=http://prioryrecords.co.uk/Marco-Lo-Muscio-%20Organ-%20Works-Kevin%20Bowyer-Glasgow-University-Memorial-Chapel | title=The Organ Works of Marco Lo Muscio - Kevin Bowyer plays the Willis Organ of Glasgow University Memorial Chapel | Britain's Premier Church Music Label }} Thomas Trotter,{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKl51z1um8I | title=Intervista ai M° Skudlik, Trotter e Lo Muscio | website=YouTube }} Roger Sayer, Carol Anne Williams, John Hackett, Christopher Herrick,{{cite web | url=http://www.christopherherrick.org/repertoire.htm | title=Christopher Herrick, International Concert Organist }}{{cite web | url=http://www.christopherherrick.org/video.htm | title=Christopher Herrick, International Concert Organist }} 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 (record label) and Brilliant Classics.

{{Cite web | url=http://prioryrecords.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=59_66&product_id=2190 | title=Great European Organs No.89: The Chichi Organ in the Basilica del Sacro Cuore, Rome | Britain's Premier Church Music Label }}

{{Cite web | url=http://prioryrecords.co.uk/Great-European-Organs-Marco-Lo-Muscio--Stadpfarrkirche-Landsberg | title=Great European Organs No. 94 - Marco Lo Muscio plays the Schmid Organ of the Stadpfaarrkirche, Maria Himmelfahrt, Landsberg am Lech, Germany | Britain's Premier Church Music Label }}

{{Cite web | url=http://prioryrecords.co.uk/Great-European-Organ-No-96-Marco-L0-Muscio-St-Bernards-Church-Baden-Baden-Germany | title=Great European Organs No.96 - Marco Lo Muscio plays the Matz and Luge Organ of St.Barnard's Church, Baden Baden, Germany | Britain's Premier Church Music Label }}

{{Cite web | url=https://www.stradivarius.it/scheda.php?ID=801157057919500 | title=Stradivarius - the leading italian classical music label }}

{{Cite web | url=https://www.brilliantclassics.com/articles/a/andrea-padova-plays-lo-muscio-featuring-steve-hackett/ | title=Andrea Padova Plays Lo Muscio Featuring Steve Hackett - Brilliant Classics }}

Since 2019 he has been the creator of the "Wunderkammer Artificialia", a Wunderkammer Museum that allows the interaction between art and music (guided tour with concert).{{Cite web | url=https://www.artribune.com/arti-performative/musica/2021/05/artificiali-wunderkammer-roma-museo/ | title=A Roma Artificialia Wunderkammer | date=21 May 2021 }}

{{Cite web | url=http://www.060608.it/it/cultura-e-svago/beni-culturali/musei/artificialia-museo-wunderkammer.html | title=Artificialia - Museo Wunderkammer / Musei / Beni culturali / Cultura e svago - 060608.it }}{{Cite web | url=https://www.quinteparallele.net/2021/03/come-unidea-del-rinascimento-potrebbe-cambiare-la-musica-dal-vivo-le-wunderkammer/ | title=Come un'idea del rinascimento potrebbe aiutare la musica dal vivo: Le Wunderkammern | date=March 2021 }}{{Cite web | url=https://www.eventiculturalimagazine.com/arte-e-cultura/artificialia-museo-wunderkammer-connubio-arte-storia-marco-lo-muscio/ | title="Artificialia" Museo Wunderkammer, il connubio tra arte e musica di Marco Lo Muscio | date=June 2021 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.plusnews.it/post/intervista-al-maestro-marco-lo-muscio | title=Intervista al Maestro Marco Lo Muscio | date=22 April 2022 }}

Works

Concerts as organist and pianist in Cathedrals and Concert Halls in Italy,Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" Editor; 50 Anni di Musica (1994). Annuario pp 416, pp 424, pp 430. Index pp 461, pp 498.Rondò Magazine; anno 1, n.3 (2008); review pp 59

{{Cite web | url=http://www.senigallianotizie.it/argomenti/marco-lo-muscio | title=Marco Lo Muscio - Senigallia Notizie - 08/05/2022 - 60019.it: Quotidiano on-line per vivere Senigallia e il territorio }}{{Cite web | url=http://www.santacrocefirenze.it/?p=3255 | title="L'Organo sul cammino di Francesco" – concerti | date=14 May 2016 }}{{Cite web | url=http://www.gogofirenze.it/mercoledi-musicali-dellente-casa-di-risparmio.html | title=Mercoledì Musicali dell'Ente Cassa di Risparmio - John Hackett e Marco Lo Muscio Auditorium dell'Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze }}{{Cite web | url=http://www.igaudenziani.it/il-festival-di-musica-sacra-in-concerto-sotto-la-cupola/23-edizione/domenica-14-ottobre-ore-17-recital-organo-marco-lo-muscio/ | title=Domenica 14 ottobre - ore 17 Recital per organo Marco Lo Muscio }}

Vatican, France (Notre-Dame de Paris),{{Cite web | url=http://www.abergmusic.com/highlights | title=Highlights 2017 }}{{Cite web|url=http://thierrylafosse.wixsite.com/thierrylafosse/l-orgue-et-l-eglise|title = L'Orgue et l'église}}{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqQqJXvHd4I&t=9s | title=Notre-Dame de Paris: Marco Lo Muscio plays his own work "In Memoriam Messiaen" | website=YouTube }}{{Cite web|url=http://sitemap.dna.fr/articles/200709/13/merklin-comme-vous-ne-avez-jamais-entendu,obernai,000006413.php|title = Obernai / Concert / Merklin, comme vous ne l'avez jamais entendu - les DNA Archives}} Milan Cathedral,{{Cite web | url=https://www.duomomilano.it/it/article/2021/09/16/la-revolte-des-orgues-il-30-settembre-in-duomo-9-organi-insieme-in-un-/449/ | title=La Révolte des Orgues, il 30 settembre in Duomo, 9 organi insieme in un grande concerto corale | date=16 September 2021 }} Germany,

{{Cite web|url=https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/landsberg/Konzert-Gib-mir-den-Blues-id38816157.html|title=Gib mir den Blues|first=Alois|last=Kramer|website=Augsburger Allgemeine|accessdate=21 May 2024}}{{Cite web|url=http://schichtwerker.blogspot.it/2012/08/saxophon-orgel.html|title = Anton Potche ist der Meinung, dass...: Saxophon & Orgel|date = 29 August 2012}}

England (St John's College, Cambridge, King's College, Cambridge,{{cite web|author=- 7:30PM |url=http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/whatson/detail.shtml?uid=20100331T135803Z-events%40fe80%3A0%3A0%3A0%3A216%3A3eff%3Afe03%3Ab98b%252 |title=What's On: What's On |publisher=Admin.cam.ac.uk |date=2010-05-15 |accessdate=2012-10-23}}

Merton College, Oxford,{{Cite web|url=https://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/event/organ-recital-70|title = Organ Recital}} Keble College, Oxford, St Paul's Cathedral, Lincoln Cathedral,{{Cite web|url=https://www.wherecanwego.com/item/e987291/lincoln-cathedral-organ-concert-marco-lo-muscio|title = Lincoln Cathedral Organ Concert - Marco Lo Muscio | 14 May}}Ely Cathedral, Norwich Cathedral, Coventry Cathedral, Sheffield Cathedral, Canterbury Cathedral, The Queen's College, Oxford, Exeter College, Oxford, Gloucester Cathedral,{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-13548897 | work=BBC News | title=Prog Rock played on Gloucester Cathedral's organ | date=2011-05-26}} Westminster Cathedral,{{cite web|author=Lehmann Web Design |url=http://www.hackettsongs.com/news/newsLive12.html |title=Steve Hackett's Official Music Website |publisher=HackettSongs |date= |accessdate=2012-10-23}}Westminster Abbey, Lancaster Priory (with Steve Hackett), Temple Church, Truro Cathedral, St George's Chapel Windsor Castle,{{Cite web|url=http://www.ivanmoody.co.uk/calendar.htm|title = Ivan Moody}} etc...) Scotland (University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, Wales,{{Cite web|url=http://www.festivalartandbooks.com/journal7ohv/7intmarco.html|title=Interview with Marco Lo Muscio|website=www.festivalartandbooks.com|accessdate=21 May 2024}} New York,{{Cite web|url=http://www.nycago.org/Calendar/Cal-Sep14.html|title = Concert Calendar — New York City AGO}}{{Cite web|url=https://barnard.edu/events/welcome-concert-chamber-music-rome|title=Welcome Concert: Chamber Music from Rome | Barnard College}} Chicago,-{{Cite web|url=https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2126919|title=St. John Cantius|website=www.brownpapertickets.com|accessdate=21 May 2024}} Washington D.C., Boston, Milwaukee,{{Cite web|url=http://www.agomilwaukee.org/event-2006460|title = AGO - Milwaukee - 3:00pm -- Marco Lo Muscio, organ concert}} Spain, Lisbon Cathedral,{{cite web | url=https://www.rtp.pt/antena2/festivais/48-festival-estoril-lisboa-outono-24-novembro-a-14-dezembro_5067 | title=48º Festival Estoril Lisboa | Outono | 24 Novembro a 14 Dezembro - Festivais - Antena2 - RTP | date=22 March 2023 }} Switzerland, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Denmark,Getes Erindringer: Gete Bondo Oldenborg Maalǿe (2009, {{ISBN|978-87-91365-44-7}}); pp 354 Sweden (Uppsala Cathedral), Finland,Colossus Magazine; n.35 (2008); Interview pp 51, pp 52Vapaalippu Magazine; February 2010; pp 14, pp 15

Norway,{{Cite web|url=http://www.kufo.no/gunnar/program_marco_lo_muscio.htm|title = Program Røa Musikkfestuker søndag 26}} Iceland, Russian Federation: Moscow International House of Music (2010),Saint Petersburg Philharmonia (Great Hall 2005, 2006, 2011), Saint Petersburg Court Capella (Glinka Capella),Gnessin State Musical Collegein Moscow,Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gpdZwGGu4E | title=Ночь в Соборе | Марко Ло Мушо | website=YouTube }}{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-fPnmUktEM | title=Ночью в Соборе | На репетиции Марко Ло Мушо / Marco Lo Muscio | website=YouTube }}{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSeoCYIE0QA | title=Марко Ло Мушо . Орган (Италия) | Прямая трансляция концерта 02.10.2016 | website=YouTube }}{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIVKW1QhLcM | title=Вселенная Толкина | Прямая трансляция концерта в Соборе 20.04.2016 | website=YouTube }}{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6IqBerNF2E | title=Вселенная Толкина | Прямая трансляция концерта в Соборе 22.04.2016 | website=YouTube }}{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZsYstg1AX0 | title=Музыка соборов мира: Марко Ло Мушо (орган, Италия) – 03.10.2018 | website=YouTube }}

Recordings

Recording Projects with English label Priory Records:

  • “Great European Organs No.89: The Chichi Organ in The Basilica Del Sacro Cuore, Rome” (2013)

(Music by Jean Langlais, Marco Lo Muscio, Samuel Barber, Paolo Lazzeri, Keith Emerson, Keith Jarrett, Aaron Copland, Ralph Vaughan Williams).

  • “Great European Organs No.94: The Schmid Organ of the Stadtpfarrkirche, Maria Himmelfahrt, Landsberg am Lech, Germany” (2015)

(Music by Anonymous [Germany], Andreas Kneller, Marco Lo Muscio, Johann Nikolaus Hanff, Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Johann Sebastian Bach, Arvo Pärt, Hugo Distler, Eduardo Torres, Andreas Willscher, Rick Wakeman, Steve Hackett).

  • “Great European Organs No.96: The Matz and Luge Organ of St. Barnard's Church, Baden Baden, Germany” (2015)

(Music by Carl Orff, Marco Lo Muscio, Dietrich Buxtehude, Nikolaus Hasse, Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, James Edward Goettsche, Christian Heinrich Rinck, Andreas Willscher, Rick Wakeman).

  • “The Organ Works of Marco Lo Muscio - Kevin Bowyer plays the Willis Organ of Glasgow University Memorial Chapel” (2017)

(Music by Marco Lo Muscio: Eowin's Memories, Trittico Toscano, Canzona "Homage to Gubbio", Vocalise No 5, Concert Variations on Greensleeves, In Memoriam Teodosia, Blue Prelude, Ostinato [Four Hands], Via Crucis [Stations of the Cross], New Litanies in memory of Jehan Alain).{{Cite web|url=http://www.estatica.it/it/letture/articolo/2017-suoni-e-segni-dei-tempi|title = 2017 – Suoni e segni dei tempi}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.orgelnieuws.nl/de-intrigerende-curieuze-orgelmuziek-van-marc-lo-muscio/|title=De intrigerende en curieuze orgelmuziek van Marco Lo Muscio|date=5 May 2017}}

  • Appears On "Organ Party Vol.III" - Kevin Bowyer (2017) "In Memoriam of Messiaen" {{Cite web|url=http://prioryrecords.co.uk/Organ-Party-%20Bowyer-%20The-Naughty-Boy-Little-Stanmore-Suite-Cod-Pieces-Swing-Low|title = Organ Party - Volume 3 - Kevin Bowyer plays the Willis Organ of Glasgow University Memorial Chapel | Britain's Premier Church Music Label}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2018/Feb/Organ_party_v3_PRCD1171.htm|title = Organ Party Vol. 3 Priory PRCD1171 [JF] Classical Music Reviews: February 2018 - MusicWeb-International}}

Recording Projects with Stradivarius (record label) (2019):

  • “On the Wings of the Wind" John Hackett and Marco Lo Muscio DUO

Featuring Steve Hackett, David Jackson and David Cross (musician).


(Music by Georg Philipp Telemann, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Maurice Ravel, György Ligeti,

King Crimson, Genesis (band), Steve Hackett, John Hackett and Marco Lo Muscio.

Recording Projects with Brilliant Classics (2019):


(Music by Marco Lo Muscio and Steve Hackett).

With "Da Vinci Classics":

Appears On "Ferrari, Bacchini, Bertuletti, Macchia, Lo Muscio: Tabula Summa, Italian Contemporary Organ Music" - Ivan Ronda (2020)

"Prelude in memory of Maurice Ravel"; "Gothic Dances" {{cite web | url=https://davinci-edition.com/product/c00264/ | title=DA VINCI PUBLISHINGFerrari, Bacchini, Bertuletti, Macchia, Lo Muscio: Tabula Summa, Contemporary Organ Music | date=12 February 2020 }}

With "Appassionato label":

Appears On "Musica Viva - Today's Italian Organ Music" - Domenico Severin (2019)

"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 (2013){{Cite web|url=https://www.twronline.net/issues/twr84/twr84_musicians_corner.htm|title=The Waiting Room Online|website=www.twronline.net|accessdate=21 May 2024}}

Recording Projects with Finnish Magazine Colossus and French label Musea Records:

  • “Rabid Dogs...Opening Themes” (2010){{cite web|url=http://www.musearecords.com/ext_re_new_releaseselect.php?np=36991 |title=CANI ARRABBIATI: Opening Themes... A Tribute (Musea Tribute) |language=fr |publisher=Musearecords.com |date= |accessdate=2012-10-23}}
  • “Dante Alighieri: Paradise, Divine Comedy Book III” (2010){{cite web|url=http://www.musearecords.com/ext_re_new_releaseselect.php?np=37153 |title=DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY: Part Three - Paradiso (Musea Compilation) |language=fr |publisher=Musearecords.com |date= |accessdate=2012-10-23}}
  • “Homer: Iliad - A Grand Piano Extravaganza” (2010){{cite web|url=http://www.musearecords.com/ext_re_new_catselect.php?np=37214 |title=ILIAD: A Grand Piano Extravaganza (Musea Compilation) |language=fr |publisher=Musearecords.com |date= |accessdate=2012-10-23}}
  • “Tales of Edgar Allan Poe” (2010){{cite web|url=http://www.musearecords.com/ext_re_new_releaseselect.php?np=37185 |title=THE TALES OF EDGAR ALLAN POE: A SyNphonic Collection (Musea Compilation) |language=fr |publisher=Musearecords.com |date= |accessdate=2012-10-23}}
  • “A Flower Full of Stars" - a Tribute to The Flower Kings.(2011){{cite web|url=http://www.musearecords.com/ext_re_new_catselect.php?np=37588 |title=THE FLOWER KINGS - Tribute: A Flower Full Of Stars - A Tribute To The Flower Kings (Musea Tribute) |language=fr |publisher=Musearecords.com |date= |accessdate=2012-10-23}}
  • “Giovanni Boccaccio: The Decameron Part I” (2012){{cite web|url=http://www.musearecords.com/ext_re_new_releaseselect.php?np=37827 |title=DECAMERON (Various): Ten Days In 100 Novellas - Part One (Musea Compilation) |language=fr |publisher=Musearecords.com |date= |accessdate=2012-10-23}}
  • “Giovanni Boccaccio: The Decameron Part II” (2014) - with "Playing the History"{{Cite web|url=http://www.musearecords.com/ext_re_new_releaseselect.php?np=40152|title = DECAMERON (Various) : Ten Days in 100 Novellas - Part Two (Musea Compilation)}}

Recording Projects with Italian labels Drycastle{{Cite web|url=http://www.drycastle.com/classical-progressive.html|title=Independent music label devoted to jazz, blues, pop-rock|date=11 June 2012}} Records and Erreffe Edizioni Musicali distributed from BTF (Italian distribution) and Camino Records:

  • "Marco Lo Muscio Plays Marco Lo Muscio" (2007){{Cite web|url=http://www.btf.it/plays-marco-lo-muscio.html|title = BTF.IT >> Plays Marco Lo Muscio}}
  • "New Horizons: The Music of Steve Hackett" (2008){{cite web|url=http://www.mwe3.com/reviews/MarcoNH/ |title=CD/DVD Reviews |publisher=Mwe3.com |date= |accessdate=2012-10-23}}{{cite web|url=http://www.arlequins.it/pagine/articoli/alfa/corpo.asp?ch=3960 |title=Recensioni |publisher=Arlequins.it |date= |accessdate=2012-10-23}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.twronline.net/issues/twr70/twr70_musicians_corner.htm|title = The Waiting Room Online}}
  • "Dark and Light": Progressive originals and transcriptions (2009){{Cite web|url=http://www.twronline.net/issues/twr71/twr71_musicians_corner.htm|title = The Waiting Room Online}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mwe3.com/reviews/MarcoLM09/ |title=CD/DVD Reviews |publisher=Mwe3.com |date= |accessdate=2012-10-23}}{{cite web|url=http://www.arlequins.it/pagine/articoli/alfa/corpo.asp?ch=4145 |title=Recensioni |publisher=Arlequins.it |date= |accessdate=2012-10-23}}
  • "The Book of Bilbo and Gandalf" (2010) with Steve Hackett, John Hackett and Pär Lindh{{Cite web|url=http://www.crimsonic.se/tolkien/|title = TOLKIEN | Crimsonic}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hackettsongs.com/news/newsGeneral11.html|title=HackettSongs - Steve Hackett's Official Music Website|website=www.hackettsongs.com|accessdate=21 May 2024}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.progressor.net/interview/steve_hackett.html|title = Interviews of Prog [ Steve Hackett / Genesis, solo ] - ProgressoR}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.arlequins.it/pagine/articoli/alfa/corpo.asp?ch=4489|title = Recensioni}}
  • "The Mystic and Progressive Music" (2011){{Cite web|url=http://xoomer.virgilio.it/fborsari/arretra/recensioni/dischi106.html|title = La Pagina dell'Organo - Recensione Dischi 106}}

Video:

  • "Dusk Day 4: Welcome Steve! A day in Orvieto (with Steve Hackett and John Hackett) (BTF AMS 104 DVD 2009){{Cite web|url=http://www.btf.it/welcome-steve-a-day-in-orvieto.html|title = BTF.IT >> JOHN & STEVE HACKETT + FRIENDS Welcome Steve! (A day in Orvieto) - BTF Shop}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dusk.it/dvd_duskday4.htm|title = DVD Dusk Day}}
  • "The Mystic and Esoteric Organ" (DVD 2009){{cite web|url=http://xoomer.virgilio.it/fborsari/arretra/recensioni/video17.html |title=La Pagina dell'Organo - Recensione Video 17 |publisher=Xoomer.virgilio.it |date= |accessdate=2012-10-23}}

Recording Projects with Italian label Studio Amadeus:

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Works for Pipe Organ

2007:

  • Ecstatic Meditations (Homage to Messiaen)Messiaen Perspectives 2: Techniques, Influence and Reception by Robert Fallon (12 Oct 2016; {{ISBN|978-1138269651}}; pp 271 – Homage to Satie – Homage to Keith Jarrett – Homage to Keith Emerson)
  • Blue Prelude
  • Toccata on the name AGBA "Angel's Dance"
  • Welsh Fantasy
  • Organ Visions ("Gothic Visions from Perotinus Time" – "Celestial Visions from Beyond – Gandalf's Dream"){{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K3jA3EaybI | title=Celestial Visions from beyond by Marco Lo Muscio | website=YouTube | date=18 January 2018 }}

2008:

  • Mystic Pieces - n.1 "The Mystic Bourdon – n.2 "Mystic Alleluya in memory of Messiaen"Messiaen Perspectives 2: Techniques, Influence and Reception by Robert Fallon (12 Oct 2016; {{ISBN|978-1138269651}}; pp 273 – n.3 "Cantus Mysticus pro Arvo Pärt" – n.4 "Mystic Dance of Fire – To Robert Fripp") (Performed during the "Annual Festival of the New Organ Music" in London)
  • New Litanies in memory of Jehan Alain{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0uNQ8D9jwU | title=New Litanies by Marco Lo Muscio | website=YouTube | date=19 August 2019 }}
  • Choral and Prog Dance – "To Keith Emerson"

2009:

  • Paradiso: Epilogue: "Towards the Stars" from "The Divine Comedy"
  • Towards Rivendell – Gandalf's Meditation (Commissioned from Alessandro Bianchi)

2010:

  • Visions from Minas Tirith – The White Tree (Poem for Organ)
  • Homage to Edgar Allan Poe – "The arrival of Red Death"
  • Concert Variations on Greensleeves (Commissioned from Christopher Herrick) (Performed during the "Annual Festival of the New Organ Music"in London){{Cite web|url=http://www.organcompendium.info/recensioni/libri25.html|title=La Pagina dell'Organo - Recensione Libri 25}}

2011:

  • Red Pedal Solo
  • White Prelude – Homage to Giovanni Boccaccio
  • Basilicas and Churches in Rome (Poem for Organ) (Commissioned from Michael Eckerle)
  • Visions from Rohan – The Golden Town (Poem for Organ)
  • In Memoriam of Messiaen (Ecstatic Meditation & Mystic Alleluja) Messiaen Perspectives 2: Techniques, Influence and Reception by Robert Fallon (12 Oct 2016; {{ISBN|978-1138269651}}; pp 271; 273

2012:

  • Vocalise n.1 "To my mother" (Performed during the "Annual Festival of the New Organ Music"in London)

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2013:

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"

  • Ostinato (Four hands)

2016:

  • Vocalise n.6 "To Carson" (Commissioned by Carson Cooman - Harvard University)
  • Three Ostinato Preludes: (Commissioned by Carson Cooman - Harvard University)
  • I Mystic Litanies
  • II Medieval Prelude
  • III In the Progressive Mood
  • An Endless Song
  • "Homage to Orvieto":
  • I Fantasia (Homage to Landino) "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: (Commissioned by Carson Cooman - Harvard University){{Cite web|url=https://www.editions-delatour.com/fr/orgue-seul/4088-6-danses-gothiques-pour-orgue-9790232115375.html|title=6 danses gothiques pour orgue|website=Delatour France|accessdate=21 May 2024}}
  • 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 (Four Little Flowers of Francis of Assisi):(Commissioned by Carson Cooman - Harvard University)
  • I. "Il pranzo mistico di Santa Chiara e San Francesco"(Fioretto XV)
  • II. "San Francesco addomestica le tortore selvagge" (Fioretto XXII)
  • III. "Cristo appare a Giovanni della Verna" (Fioretto XLIX)
  • IV. "San Francesco converte il lupo di Gubbio” (Fioretto XXI)
  • Gothic Canon, Mystic Vocalise and Organum for Adelio
  • Meditation on “Ein Feste Burge”
  • White Prelude n.2 “Homage to Geoffrey Chaucer”(Commissioned by Carson Cooman - Harvard University)
  • "Ad Lucem"
  • Variations on Scarborough Fair (ballad)

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 (Commissioned by Carson Cooman - Harvard University):

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.

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 {{cite web | url=https://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/cultura-e-spettacoli/lallio-suoni-e-parole-dautorebox-organi-sabato-25-settembre_1371918_11/ | title=Lallio, suoni e parole d'autore Sabato 25 settembre c'è Box Organi | date=25 September 2020 }}
  • “DARK TIMES” (Commissioned by Carson Cooman - Harvard University):

I. Medieval Times

II. Black Plague

III. Prayer

  • "Hymn Suite" (Commissioned by Carson Cooman - Harvard University):

1. Prelude on “There's a Wideness in God's Mercy”

2. Offertory (Cantilena) 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”

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:

  • Gymnopédie n.0 –To Erik Satie
  • Dark and Light – "The Book of Gandalf" (Poem for Piano)

2009:

2010:

2011:

  • The Lament for Gandalf (Poem for Piano)

2013:

2015:

  • Prelude and Gymnopédie
  • Due Ricercari (Piano version)

2017:

  • Prelude in Memory of Claude Debussy - "La Lune Blanche"{{Cite web|url=https://www.conservatorio.pr.it/en/i-concerti-del-boito-incantesimi-andrea-padova-pianoforte-06-02-2018-ore-2030/|title=Conservatorio di Musica Arrigo Boito » I Concerti del Boito: Incantesimi. Andrea Padova, pianoforte – 06-02-2018 ore 20:30|accessdate=21 May 2024}}

2018:

  • In Memoriam (Piano version)

2019:

2022:

  • "Miracoli/Miracles" - Incidental music for Roberto Leoni's theatrical show:

Prelude Atto I - Prelude Atto II - Marcia Atto III - Alleuja 1,2,3 {{cite web | url=https://www.teatrolesedie.it/eventi/miracoli-2/ | title=Miracoli }}

Works for Harpsichord

2018:

  • Trois Pièces pour Clavecin (Prèmiere Ricercare {{Cite web|url=http://www.saladelcembalo.org/hpd/a1.php?p=a2018_02|title=saladelcembalo.org|website=www.saladelcembalo.org|accessdate=21 May 2024}} – Prélude Ostinato – Deuxième Ricercare)

Chamber Music

2011/19:

  • Bilbo's Dream (dedicated to John Hackett) - Solo Flute
  • Gymnopédie n.0 (To Erik Satie)
  • Six Vocalises (Soprano or Flute/Saxophone/Violin and organ/piano)
  • Prelude in memory of Maurice Ravel (for Flute/Saxophone and organ)
  • Nastagio degli Onesti (from The Decameron)
  • "Courtly Love" (Amor cortese) flute and Piano version

References

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External links

  • [http://www.marcolomuscio.com/ Personal website]
  • [https://www.wunderkammer-roma.com/ Museo Wunderkammer Artificialia]
  • [https://www.gemmemusicaliacasa.it/ Musical Gems at Home]
  • [https://www.discogs.com/artist/2404136-Marco-Lo-Muscio discography at Discogs]

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