Marco Ferrari

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Multi-instrumentalist specialized in ethnic and ancient music, he graduated the Clarinet with full marks from the Conservatory of Bologna. He devoted himself to the study of the relationship between written music and music of oral
tradition; the numerous collaborations with musicians and ensembles from Serbia, Romania, Greece and from the Egyptian, Lebanese and Maghrebian Arab tradition have brought him an openness and experience towards musical cultures of oral tradition.

He founded and directed the ensemble Sine Nomine and Acantus for 10 years. He currently directs Salon de musiques and CentoTrecento ensemble. With these and other groups of international level including Alia Musica of Milan, Cantigas of Paris, the theater company of Peppe and Concetta Barra, Moni Ovadia, La Pifarescha (of which he is co-founder) has supported an intense activity concerts throughout Europe, the United States, Latin America.

He has recorded over 70 CDs (Quadrivium, Glossa, EMI, Tactus, Gimell) some also in the pop music sector with famous Italian artists such as Lucio Dalla, Mia Martini and Aleandro Baldi. He was teacher at the Cesena Conservatory, and regularly holds an improvisation course at the HEMGE Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève. Since 2012 he has held Improvisation Master Class at the Adria Conservatory and in 2013-14 also at the Pesaro Conservatory. He has held summer interpreting courses at the Fondation Royaumont near Paris and regularly holds
internships in France and at the Geneva Conservatory.