Marcello Appignani lives in Rome where he has studied Piano 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. In October 2006 he published his first album Piume dal cielo Feathers from the sky. The latest albums are Natura viva con oboe, chitarra e violoncello composed for the poem La presenza di Giano written by the poets M. Onofrio and R. Utzeri, played with Marco Ciampa oboe and Donato Cedrone cello and edited by RAI, the Italian National Television, Solochitarra containing his opera omnia 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 and since 2022 editorial manager of MEP Music Ensemble Publishing. (Retracter)...(lire la suite)