Marco Decimo

Marco Decimo
Marco Decimo has completed his musical studies at the "G. Verdi" Conservatory of Milan with M.

Leali, then he attended the advanced courses held by D. Shafran, R. Filippini and the quartet by P. Borciani.
He has played in Italy and abroad (London, Berlin, Madrid, Prague, Budapest, Moscow, Istanbul, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Sydney, New York, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Lima, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Asunciòn) during the ECYO tour in 1983 under the direction of C. Abbado; in chamber ensembles such the quartets Borciani, Stauffer, David and the Edison Trio (collaborating among others with S. Palm, A. Meneses and R. Honeck in 2005 and 2006) and also as the first cello of the Stradivari Chamber Orchestra of Milan directed by D. Gatti. From 1997 to 2015 he collaborated with L. Einaudi with whom he made seven CDs including three for Decca Records and several world tours. Still with Einaudi he has performed and recorded as a soloist the two adagio for cello and orchestra from Divenire with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Strings in 2006. He has realized many recordings, including the first absolute recording of G.B. Platti's six sonatas for cello, the complete works for the trio of Casella, the trios Op. 1 and the string quartets Op. 2 by A. Sacchini, the quintet and nonetto by A. Zanella, the double quartet by O. Respighi, as well as works by Brahms (trio with clarinet, with A. Carbonare and A. Dindo), Hindemith (octet, with the Arnold quintet), Vivaldi (sonatas Op. 2 and 5, with H. Liviabella), Cherubini (the 6 quartets, published by Bis Stockholm), Verdi and Puccini (the complete works for string quartet still edited by Bis), has also taken part in many recordings by contemporary composers including G. Sollima, J. Adams, M. Gordon, M. Nyman and D. Lang. He currently is Professor of Chamber Music at the G. Nicolini Conservatory of Piacenza. He performed the cello and ensemble concert Zebra Crossing dedicated to him by C. Boccadoro in Rome, Genoa and Milan; in 2000 he composed and performed “Ad Agio” for cello and strings. He has also collaborated with numerous jazz musicians including G. Mirabassi, M. Colombo, M. Negri, B. Ferra, R. and C.Marcotulli, R. Pareti, P. Fresu, D. Moroni, L. Minetti, W. Lupi, F. Arnò, the Aisha Duo, T. Harrell and R. Leao. In 2001 and 2004 with the ensemble Sentieri Selvaggi he performed at the Teatro alla Scala of Milan. In 2002, along with the David String Quartet he was invited to the Berlin Philharmonic, and in 2004 at the TonHalle in Zurich. In 2006 he played the first ever Italian performance of “Cello Counterpoint” by Steve Reich.
In 2010 he became guest principal cello of the Scala Philharmonic Orchestra. He was also guest principal cello of the Filarmonica '900 of the Teatro Regio of Turin, and of the Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic of Parma. In March 2012 his transcription of the Siete Canciones Populares Españolas by De Falla was performed by the Scala Cellists.