Marco Di Meco

Marco Di Meco
Background information
Born	February 5, 1982 Chieti, Italy
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Flutist, composer
Instruments	Flute
Labels	Wide Sound
Website	marcodimeco.com

Marco Di Meco (born in Chieti on February 5, 1982) is an Italian flute player, composer, music producer and writer.

Biography

His interest in music began with a traditional musical instrument handed down to him by his paternal grandmother.^[1] He then decided to study the transverse flute and after a year of private study, he was admitted to the "L. D'Annunzio" Academy of Music in Pescara where he studied the instrument with Sandro Carbone and obtained a diploma. In the same year he began his career as a solo artist playing W.A. Mozart's KV313 concert.

During his military service he played the flute in the band of the Livorno Naval Academy. He then continued his music studies at the Swiss-Italian Music Academy in Lugano with Mario Ancillotti where he obtained a diploma in "Interpretation and Performance". At this time he began to write his first verses. He completed his studies at the Italian Flute Academy in Rome with Angelo Persichilli.

He gained important experience playing in symphonic orchestras with illustrious conductors such as Luis Bacalov,^[2] Lu Jia, Giorgio Bernasconi, Bruno Tommaso and others playing in many concert hall in Europe. He has attended several workshops of Afro-American music organized by the Columbia College Chicago and the Berklee College of Music.

On November 2013 he signed with Wide Sound^[3] label to record his first album 5 Colori^[4] as a solo artist. This album was followed by the album Rosalinda^[5] released in 2015 for the same label.^[6]

As well as his activity in the field of music he is also very active in the literary sphere as a writer of poetry.^[7][8]

He has recorded pieces for several radio and television broadcasting companies like RAI, RAISAT^[9] and RSI.

In April 2016 has been released new studio album Lucilla^{[10] [11]} for Wide Sound distributed by I.R.D International.^{[12] [13]}

Influences

He has been influenced in music by artists such as Bill Evans, Sun Ra, Cannonbal Addderley, Anthony Baxtron, Jimmy Smith.^[14]

Discography

• 2014 – 5 Colori, Wide Sound
• 2015 – Rosalinda, Wide Sound
• 2016 – Lucilla, Wide sound

Publications

• 2016 – Armonia Applicata-Gli Accordi, Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso, Roma

Poetic Works

• 2005 – Luci di luna, A&B Bonanno, Rome
• 2005 – Il Passo delle Sensazioni, Edizioni Ulivo Balerna
• 2006 – Teatro evanescenza, Edizioni Ulivo
• 2012 – Le isterie di Jennifer, Edizioni Tracce Pescara
• 2014 – Artemisia, la rana pittrice e la farfalla, ISBN 978-88-91068-17-0
• 2014 – Negativi ed altri versi, ISBN 978-88-91069-06-1

Gallery

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References

1. "Interview by Ilaria Grasso" (in Italian). Vivicentro. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
2. "Interview by Maurizio di Fazio" (in Italian). Ozio Magazine. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
3. "Wide Sound Website". Retrieved March 14, 2016.
4. "Album credits". Last.fm. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
5. "Album credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
6. "BNF Catalogue" (in French). BNF. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
7. "SBN Catalog" (in Italian). SBN Opac. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
8. "Swiss National Library Catalog" (in German). SWNL. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
9. "RAISAT performance". May.Life. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
10. "IlCentro Newspaper" (in Italian). Retrieved May 2, 2016.
11. "TV review". TelePonte Broadcasting. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
12. "Blog" (in Italian). Altervista.org. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
13. "RAI News broadcasting". RAI (article starts at 08m:02s). Retrieved May 7, 2016.
14. "Interview for May.Life". Retrieved March 14, 2016.

External links

• Marco Di Meco at AllMusic
• Works by or about Marco Di Meco in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• http://www.may.life/artist/music/marco-di-meco/index.html, Interview
• https://itunes.apple.com/it/artist/marco-di-meco/id899449958, iTunes.ID