Marco Di Meco (born February 5, 1982, in Chieti) is an Italian flute player, composer, music producer writer and teacher.
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.[2]
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.[2]
He gained important experience playing in symphonic orchestras with illustrious conductors such as Luis Bacalov,[3]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.
In November 2013 he signed with Wide Sound[4] label to record his first album 5 Colori[5] as a solo artist. This album was followed by the album Rosalinda[6] released in 2015 for the same label.[7] He is present in the 10 best Italian jazz flutists rewarded by JAZZIT Awards 2015.[8]
As well as his activity in the field of music he is also very active in the literary sphere as a writer of poetry.[9][10][11][12] He started writing poetry during military service.[13]
In April 2016 has been released new studio album Lucilla[14][15] for Wide Sound distributed by I.R.D International.[16][17] The album enters the charts in France.[18]
In February 2018 he published the album "Against capitalism Première Symphonie".[19] In this work a new form of musical writing is explored which he calls a hybrid form.[20] In fact, different and distant musical genres are present within the three tracks, such as dodecaphonic music, R&b and swing.[21] In November 2018 he published the plaquette of poetry "Rime" (GEDI Gruppo Editoriale).[22][23]
On September 23, 2019, he released the single "Moon Mary Light".[26][27]
In March 2020 he published the collection of poems "Mixtape",[28][29] followed by the collection "Marmalù" in February 2022.[30][31] In 2023 he published the collection of poems "I congegni".[32][33][34]
