Events
Here a collection of the most significant events in my career, from most to least recent
September 6, 2024
[concert]
Aurum – Pescara (Italy)
Eleonora Duse: la diva, la donna
a project by Marco Ciccone and Antonella Muscente
Rossella Mattioli: narrator
Benedetta Perrotti: soprano
Alfonso Giancaterina: clarinet
strings of ITALIAN ACADEMY SINFONIETTA
Marco Ciccone: conductor
music by Marco Ciccone, Diego Conti, Marco De Martinis, Antonio Di Matteo, Lorenzo Materazzo
April 14, 2024
[concert]
Dean Martin Palace in Motesilvano
Alfonso Giancaterina: clarinet
Melanie Budde: violin
Marco Ciccone: piano and arrangements
January 3, 2024
[various]
Circolo Aternino in Pescara
Award ENDAS for culture
November 2, 2023
[various]
Publication of my book “L’armonia tonale e la scrittura pianistica” (tonal harmony and piano writing)
Publisher Volontè & Co (Milan, Itlay)
www.volonte-co.com
September 9, 2023
[concert, performance of my music]
Conservatory “L. D’Annunzio” in Pescara
‘Versi e note’ (poetry and music
a project by Marco Ciccone
poems by Annarita Di Paolo, Concezio Del Principio, Stefano Gentili, Giuliano Commito, Angelo Vaccari, Gabriele Di Donato, Massimo Pasqualone, Eugenia Tabellione
music by Simone Palmieri, Federico Palumbi, Marco Moresco, Andrea Manzoli, Adriano Melchiorre, Diego Conti, Marco Ciccone, Antonio Di Matteo, Mariella Di Giovannantonio
Giorgia Cinciripì, Federica Di Giovanni: sopranos
Stefania Franchini, Fakizat Mubarak: violins
Paola Emanuele: viola
Massimo Magri: cello
Roberto Della Vecchia: doublebass
Sofia Marzetti: harp
Marco Ciccone: piano and conducting
October 29, 2022
[concert, performance of my music]
Conservatory “L. D’Annunzio” in Pescara
Chamber music concert
Olena Lib: violin
Stefania Di Biase: violina and viola
Paola Emanuele: viola
Massimo Magri: cello
Roberto Della Vecchia: doublebass
Marco Ciccone: piano
Mariella Di Giovannantonio: Cronologie
Marco Ciccone: Il racconto del mare
Mendelssohn: Sestetto op.110
October 6, 2022
[concert, performance of my music]
Conservatory “L. D’Annunzio” in Pescara
“Dopo una lettura di Dante” (poetry, painting and music)
a project by Marco Ciccone
Italo Nunziata: narrator
Armando Tonelli, Angelo Spagnoli, Marco Zenni: trumpets
Carlo Torlontano: horn
Guglielmo Palazzese, Antonio Gizzi: trombones
Lucia Bartolacci, Lorenza Summonte, Pietro Meldolesi: recorders
Silvia De Luca: harp
Roberto Marini: organ
Alessia Orlando: english horn
Andrea Andreani: oboe
Alfonso Patriarca, Filippo Piagnani: bassoons
Marco Ciccone: conducting
music by Marco Moresco, Paolo Rosato, Cesare Della Sciucca, Mariella Di Giovannantonio, Marco Ciccone
March 19, 2022
[concert]
Conservatory “L. D’Annunzio” in Pescara
Viaggio nei salotti e nelle corti d’Europa
a project by Carlo Torlontano
Maura Maurizio: soprano
Stefano Bellante: clarinet
Carlo Torlontano: horn
Sofia Marzetti: harp
Marco Ciccone: piano
January 27, 2022
[concert, performance of my music]
Conservatory “L. D’Annunzio” in Pescara
Holocaust remembrance day
a project by Marco Ciccone
music by Lorenzo Materazzo, Eduardo Romano, Cesare Della Sciucca, Marco Ciccone, Antonio Di Matteo, Mariella Di Giovannantonio
Conservatory’s strings orchestra
Silvia De Luca: harp
Stefano Bellante: clarinet
Armando Tonelli: trumpet
Filipp Piagnani: bassoon
Giulia Bruni: soprano
Monja Marrone, Elio De Pasquale: narrators
Marco Ciccone: conductor
September 7, 2021
[concert]
Theater D’Annunzio in Pescara
Tribute to Piazzolla
Orchestra of Conservatory “L. D’Annunzio”
Massimiliano Pitocco: soloist bandoneon
Marco Ciccone: soloist piano
Roberto Molinelli: conductor
July 24, 2021
[concert]
Montesilvano colle
music by Rota, Morricone, Piazzolla
Melanie Budde: violin
Alfonso Giancaterina: clarinet
Marco Ciccone: piano and arrangements
January 27, 2021
[performance of my music]
Conservatory “L. D’Annunzio” in Pescara
Holocaust remembrance day: “Musica di oggi per una tragedia di ieri”
a project by Fabio Cellini and Marco Ciccone
music by Gianmarco Rossi, Cesare Della Sciucca, Eduardo Romano, Lorenzo Materazzo, Marco Ciccone
Conservatory strings orchestra
Andrea Andreani: oboe and english horn
Gianpalo Corradetti: alto flute
Cesare Della Sciucca: conductor
October 25, 2020
[concert]
Conservatory “L. D’Annunzio” in Pescara
piano recital
Marco Ciccone: piano
music by Petrassi, Berg, Messiaen, Fouillaud, Bartók, Kachaturian
August 8, 2020
[concert]
Largo Venezuela – Montesilvano
Melanie Budde: violin
Marco Felicioni: flute
Marco Ciccone: piano and arrangements
music by Rota, Morricone, Doppler, Bach, Gardel
August 2, 2020
[concert, performance of my music]
Largo Venezuela – Montesilvano
Massimo Giacchetti: saxophone
Marco Ciccone: piano and arrangements
music by Milhaud, Naulais, Iturralde, Morricone, Piazzolla, Ciccone, Lehar, Shostakovic, Gershwin
April 6, 2019
[concert]
Chiesa delle anime – Montecosaro
Patrick De Ritis: bassoon
Marco Ciccone: piano
music by Dard, Glinka, Saint-Saëns, Torriani, Tansman, Dubois
February 2, 2019
[concert, performance of my music]
Theater Fenaroli in Lanciano
“Il violino di Auschwitz” – music, dance, acting
a project by Anton Bianco
First performance of my piece “Canto della sera”
Anton Bianco: violin
Marco Ciccone: piano
November 8, 2018
[performance of my music]
Conservatory “L. D’Annunzio” in Pescara
First performance of “Mélodie pour Claude Delangle”
Orchestra of Conservatory
Francesco Quattrocchi: conductor
Claude Delangle: soloist saxophone
August 20, 2017
[performance of my music]
Museum Michetti in Francavilla a mare
Dana Stancu, Viola D’Ambrosio: violins
Violeta Stancu: viola
Alfonso Patriarca: bassoon
music by Haydn, Uccellini, Mozart, Fuchs, Conti, Ciccone
August 19, 2017
[performance of my music]
Piazza Nassiriya in Catignano
First performance of my piece “Miniature bartókiane”
Dana Stancu, Viola D’Ambrosio: violins
Violeta Stancu: viola
Alfonso Patriarca: bassoon
music by Haydn, Uccellini, Mozart, Fuchs, Conti, Ciccone
June 25, 2017
[concert, performance of my music]
Torri Montanare in Lanciano
Concerti dell’Estate Musicale
Lisa La Pietra: soprano
Marco Ciccone: piano
music di Debussy, Aperghis, Ciccone, Cosmi
June 4, 2017
[concert]
Conservatory “L. D’Annunzio” in Pescara
Stravinsky: Concerto for piano and wind instruments
Orchestra of conservatory
Patrick De Ritis: conductor
Marco Ciccone: soloist piano
April 20, 2017
[concert, performance of my music]
Conservatory “L. D’Annunzio” in Pescara
Paola Emanuele: viola
Gaetano Di Bacco: saxophone
Marco Ciccone: piano
Hindemith: Trio op.47
Peterson: Trio
Schuloff: Hot Sonate
Ciccone: Instabile
March 3, 2017
[various]
Hall “Bellisario” of Conservatorio “L. D’Annunzio” in Pescara
Conference: From Couperin to Ravel – reflections about “Le tombeau de Couperin” by Ravel
Marco Ciccone: prolusion
Manuela Marcone: piano
September 27, 2016
[concert]
Sala dei marmi of Provincia’s building in Pescara
Schubert: Sonata D 821
Brahms: Sonata op.120 n.1
Barbara Ciccone: viola
Marco Ciccone: piano
Maj 26, 2016
[performance of my music]
Palazzo Gallenga in Perugia
First performance of my piece “Sax suite”
“Perugia Saxophone Ensemble”
Michele Bianchini, Gabriele Canonico: soprano saxophones
Lorenzo Bisogno, Maria Domenica Ferraro: alto saxophones
Andrea Ceccagnoli, Mario Tufanisco: tenor saxophones
Fabio Lombrici, Sauro Truffini: baritone saxophones
Roberto Todini: conductor
September 12, 2014
[concert]
Auditorium Petruzzi in Pescara
“D’Annunzio: i luoghi della memoria“
narrators: Alessio Tessitore, Enrico Di Carlo
soprano: Manuela Formichella
piano: Marco Ciccone
texts: Enrico Di Carlo
Maj 20, 2014
[performance my music]
Conservatory in Perugia
First performance of my piece “Mélodie pour Eugene Rousseau”
Orchestra “Morlacchi”
conductor: Roberto Todini
soloist: Fulvio Falleri
November 23, 2013
[performance my music]
Centro Servizi Camerali “Galeazzo Alessi” in Perugia
First performance of my piece “Is this tango?”
“Perugia Saxophone Ensemble”
August 13, 2013
[concert]
Parco dei priori – Fossacesia
Tribute to Gabriele D’Annunzio
Manuela Formichella: soprano
Marco Ciccone: piano
music by Pick-Mangiagalli, Pizzetti, Respighi, Di Jorio, Tosti, Brendan Mc Conville
July 25, 2013
[concert]
Conservatory “L. D’Annunzio” in Pescara
Manuela Formichella: soprano
Marco Ciccone: piano
music by Pick-Mangiagalli, Pizzetti, Respighi, Di Jorio, Tosti, Brendan Mc Conville
July 21, 2013
[performance my music]
Theatre Ventidio Basso in Ascoli Piceno
Performance of my piece “Vocalizzo mistico” for female choir
Choir “Cappella Ars Musicalis”
conductor: Paola Ciolino
July 14, 2013
[performance my music]
San Pancrazio’s church in Rome
First performance of my piece “Vocalizzo mistico” for female choir
Choir “Cappella Ars Musicalis”
conductor: Paola Ciolino
June 27, 2013
[concert]
Conservatory “L. D’Annunzio” in Pescara
piano: Marco Ciccone, Giovanni Torlontano
percussion: Danilo Di Vittorio, Matteo Manzoni
Bartók: Seven pieces for two pianos; Sonata for two pianos and percussion
June 16, 2013
[various]
San Vito Chietino
Live Orchestra plays songs by Lucio Dalla
arranger and conductor: Marco Ciccone
May 4, 2013
[performance my music]
Conservatory “Morlacchi” in Perugia
First performance of my piece “Mélodie pour Jean-Marie Londeix” for soprano saxophone, strings and harp
Orchestra “Francesco Morlacchi”
harp: Maria Chiara Fiorucci
soloist: Jacopo Taddei
conductor: Roberto Todini
April 24, 2013
[concert, performance my music]
Theatre Tosti in Ortona
Concert of Fonderie Sonore orchestra conducted by Italo Stante
“Il racconto del mare” for piano and strings by Marco Ciccone will be played by the author
April 5, 2013
[various]
Consevatory “L. D’Annunzio” in Pescara
Conference about musical memorization
October 15, 17, 18, 2012
[concerts]
“Con Chopin”
a project by Paolo Rosato
Marco Ciccone: piano
15 Ottobre – Szczecin – Accademy of arts
17 Ottobre – Varsavia – Italian Culture Institute
15 Ottobre – Hall Florianka of Musical Accademy
September 7, 2012
[concert]
Conservatory in Fermo
“Simulacri metamorfosi e mostri”
Marco Ciccone plays Sonata 53 by Paolo Rosato
March 18, 2012
[concert]
Accademia Musicale Pescarese in Pescara
piano recital
Music by Bach, Mozart, Rosato, Fouillaud, Messiaen, Bartók
January 28, 2012
[concert]
Sala “Matta” in Pescara
Marco Ciccone plays Bartók
November 27, 2011
[concert]
Hall Mazzini in Lanciano
Con Chopin – musical show for narrator and piano
texts by Szymborska, Delacroix, Schumann, Sand, Liszt, Baudelaire
music by Widilak, Remigio, Chopin, Polaczyk, Delli Pizzi, Gentile, Tesarowicz, Rosato
Marco Ciccone: piano
Rossella Mattioli: narrator
October 28, 2011
[concert]
University in Chieti
“Chopin educatore” – Conference by Marina Esposito, Annamaria Garibaldi, Chiara Coppa-Zuccari, Jerzy Stankiewicz
Concert of Marco Ciccone (piano) and Rossella Mattioli (narrator)
texts by Szymborska, Delacroix, Schumann, Sand, Liszt, Baudelaire
music by Widlak, Remigio, Chopin, Polaczyk ,Delli Pizzi, Gentile, Tesarowicz, Rosato
October 10, 2011
[concert]
Italian Culture Institute in Rome
CON CHOPIN – musical performance for narrator e piano
texts by SZYMBORSKA, DELACROIX, SCHUMANN, SAND, LISZT, BAUDELAIRE
music by Widlak, Remigio, Chopin, Polaczyk, Delli Pizzi, Gentile, Tesarowicz, Rosato
Marco Ciccone: piano
Rossella Mattioli: narrator
August 24, 2011
[concert]
Palazzo Baldoni in Montesilvano
Con Chopin – musical performance for narrator and piano
texts by Szymborska, Delacroix, Schumann, Sand, Liszt, Baudelaire
music by Wilak, Remigio, Chopin, Polaczyk, Delli Pizzi, Gentile, Tesarowicz, Rosato
Marco Ciccone: piano
Rossella Mattioli: narrator
June 17, 2011
[concert]
Ignaz Paderewski’s house – Tarnów-Kąśna Dolna (Poland)
Chopin: Ballata in F major op.38; Study in C minor op.25 n.12; Prelude in D flat major op.28 n.15
Marco Ciccone: piano
June 16, 2011
[concert]
Hall Florianka of Musical Accademy in Krakow
piano recital
Wojciech Widłak: Reflected art gallery room n. 6 B
Davide Remigio: Polish landscape
Chopin: Preludio op.28 n.2
Fulvio Delli Pizzi: Ode to Fr.
Jakub Polaczyk: Pieśń przed dwunastą
Chopin: Preludio op.28 n.4
Ada Gentile: Preludio
Chopin: Preludio op.28 n.14
Szczepan Tesarowícz: Contemplative Mazurka; Mazurka in H
Paolo Rosato: Schizzo-frenico op.127
Chopin: Ballata op.38
Marco Ciccone: piano
June 1, 2011
[concert]
Teatro Tosti – Ortona
Con Chopin
a project by Paolo Rosato
texts by Baudelaire, Delacroix, Liszt, Proust, Sand, Schumann, Szymborska
music by Chopin, Delli Pizzi, Gentile, Remigio, Rosato, Polaczyk, Tesarowicz, Widlak
Marco Ciccone: piano
Rossella Mattioli: narrator
Maj 22, 2011
[various]
Lanciano
Concert of Audio Due with Live Orchestra
conductor: Marco Moresco
arrangements: Marco Ciccone
November 18, 2010
[concert]
Theatre of Società Filarmonico-drammatica in Macerata
Concerto of music by Fulvio Delli Pizzi
Esquisses pour l’amour fou
Epicedi per piccole morti
Carrés magiques pour l’instruction des enfants
Marco Ciccone: piano
June 20, 2010
[concert]
Conservatory “L. D’Annunzio” in Pescara
Conclusive concert of Varianti
A. Manzoli: Murmures
A. Covello: Nuits
G. Verlingieri: Alhymiae – ricercari sopra Ave Maris Stella
N. Andruccetti: Into the light
M. Quagliarini: Pannelli
F. Venturini: Attriti
A. Di Paolo: Noravank
M. Liverani: Le figlie di Ananke
Giulio Francesconi: flute
Luca Avanzi: english horn
Rocco Masci: clarinet
Ornela Koka: violin
Michele Pinto: viola
Antonio D’Antonio: cello
Simone Benvenuti: percssion
Marco Ciccone: piano
Marco Moresco: conductor
March 27, 2010
[concert]
Conservatory in Villeneuve-le-roy (Paris)
piano recital
Brahms: Ballata in G minor op.118 n.3; Three interludes op.117; Capriccio op.76 n.5
Hindemith: Sonata n.2
Edgar Alandia: Passacaglia per piano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello
Paolo Rosato: Sonata 53 to Ferdinand von Waldstein again op.99 (first performance)
Messiaen: Le baiser de l’Enfant-Jésus (da Vingt régards sur l’Enfant-Jésus)
Bartók: Seven pieces from Mikrokosmos
ensemble “Artedie” diretto da Teresa Ida Blotta
piano: Marco Ciccone
March 13, 2010
[concert]
Hall “Alfredo Piatti” – Bergamo
piano recital
Brahms: Ballata in G minor op.118 n.3; Three interludes op.117; Capriccio op.76 n.5
Hindemith: Sonata n.2
Pieralberto Cattaneo: Three studies
Paolo Rosato: Sonata 53 to Ferdinand von Waldstein again op.99 (first performance)
Messiaen: Le baiser de l’Enfant-Jésus (da Vingt régards sur l’Enfant-Jésus)
Bartók: Twelve pieces from Mikrokosmos
March 2, 2010
[various]
Schuster Hall, Creative Arts Center – Wright State University campus in Dayton, Ohio (U.S.A.)
Concerto – Aria Night
Wright State University Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Dr. Jackson Leung
Soloist: John Seaton
Paul Creston: Sonata op. 19 for saxophone and piano
version for saxophone and orchestra by Marco Ciccone
14 Febbraio 2010
[various]
Corner of 14th & Maine Streets, Quincy, IL – Quincy Junior High School Morrison Theater (U.S.A.)
Quincy Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Dr. Bruce Briney
Soloist: John Reinhardt – winner of 55^ edition of Young Artists Competition
Paul Creston: Sonata op.19 for saxophone and piano
version for saxophone and orchestra by Marco Ciccone
29 Giugno 2009
[concert]
Museum modern art “Vittoria Colonna” in Pescara
Francesco Maggio: …per la penuria dei sogni for solo piano
Marco Simoni: Il volo for violin, cello, piano
Marcela Pavia: Attraversamenti for solo piano
Massimo Di Gesu: Assonanza for solo piano
Biagio Putignano: Metabole dell’estasi for clarinet, violin, cello, piano
Pieralberto Cattaneo: Studi II, II, V for solo piano
Marco Lombardi: Mare nostrum for clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello, piano, percussion
Rocco Masci: clarinet
Alfonso Patriarca: bassoon
Domenico Zezza: violin
Massimo Magri, Giancarlo Giovannangeli: cellos
Marco Ciccone: piano
Mauro Di Marco: percussion
April 24, 26, 2009
[various]
Politeama Garibaldi – Palermo
Fondazione Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana
Stravinskij: Feu d’artifice
Creston: Sonata op.19 (version for saxophone and orchestra by Marco Ciccone)
Franck: Sinfonia in D minor
Guven Yaslicam: conductor
Gaetano Di Bacco: saxophone
April 2, 2009
[concert]
Conservatory in Pescara
World première of my orchestration of Creston’s Sonata op.19
Mozart: Ouverture da Le nozze di Figaro
Haydn: Concerto Hob XVIII 4 per pianoforte e orchestra
Barber: Adagio per archi
Creston: Sonata op.19 (version for saxophone and orchestra by Marco Ciccone)
Orchestra of Conservatory
Gianni Torlontano: piano
Gaetano Di Bacco: saxophone
Marco Ciccone: conductor