To the pipe organ at Basilica di S. Nicola in carcere - Rome (Italy)
To the theatre of Narni (Italy)
Marcello Appignani (1963 - )
Italia
Registered before 2010
About the artist
Associate : SIAE | IPI/CAE code : 00175967025
Marcello Appignani lives in Rome where he has studied Piano with M Assunta Giordani and Composition with M Alessandro Forti and subsequently graduated in Composition with M Enrico Marocchini at the Frosinone Conservatory of Music. Extremely versatile in various musical kinds, he plays keyboards, guitars and drums. As organist, pianist and guitarist he has participated to a lot of concerts, playing his own repertory in several Italian places. His production includes many pieces composed for theatrical dramas, documentaries, CD-Rom, exhibitions, films and short films among which Lattesa The waiting by Giuseppe La Rosa has been finalist in the Giffoni Film Festival 2004, in the Next Generation of Miami 2004 and in the 45 Film Festival of Krakow. Among films works, Riturnella by Francesca Garcea, has received the special mention at the 61st edition of the International Film Festival of Salerno. He has written reviews for the magazines Fare Musica and Music File Magazine. He has composed some music for the national television program Ballarò. In October 2006 he published his first album Piume dal cielo Feathers from the sky. This album includes many of his pieces composed for theatrical works and films. In spring 2009 two new albums out Lultima notte di nozze Last nights wedding, with music composed for the homonymous drama by Daniela Ariano and performed on guitar by Stefano Mingo and Sulle tracce di antichi solchi On traces of old ruts, a collection of various music on his first production. In May 2010, on piano and guitar and vocals, he opened the first date of the new tour of historical progressive rock band Le Orme at the Crossroads Live Club of Rome and subsequently he played on guitar to the presentation of the new book by the famous Italian writer Dacia Maraini in Castel di Sangro AQ and once again in Rome introducing the Orme concert at Casa del Jazz. In November 2011 has been published the fourth album Coevica Academy AMS, followed in 2016 by a new version named Coevica 2.16 that is the first original soundtrack composed for a novel Coeva in Italy. One track of him has been included in the Believe compilation Italy dEssai - The Best Soundtracks of the New Movie and TV Productions together the most important contemporary Italian composers eg. the Oscar prize Nicola Piovani. The latest albums are Metamorphoses XXI for piano solo, Natura viva con oboe, chitarra e violoncello composed for the poem La presenza di Giano written by the poets Marco Onofrio and Raffaello Utzeri, played with Marco Ciampa oboe and Donato Cedrone cello and edited by RAI, the Italian National Television, Solochitarra containing all his opera for guitar solo and played by Andrea Monarda. Since 2015 he is the Music Director of Terre di Maremma Classica e Jazz Festival and, since 2019, member of SIMC - Società Italiana Musica Contemporanea Italian Society of Contemporary Music. (Hide extended text) ... (Read all)