Marco Mancini

Marco Mancini
Born in Foggia in 1998. He began his musical studies under the guidance of M° Loredana Rita Berlantini at the Secondary School “Leonardo Murialdo” in Foggia.

He obtained his postgraduate degree in Music with top marks and honours at the Conservatory “Niccolò Piccinni” in Bari under the guidance of M° Valter Nicodemio. In 2012 he was awarded First Prize in the Winds Category at the Torneo Internazionale di Musica (TIM) in Paris. He won prizes also at the following national and international contests: “Premio Nazionale delle Arti-XIII edizione”, “Luigi Nono” in Venaria Reale (TO), “Curci” in Barletta, “Concorso Nazionale di Esecuzione Musicale“ in Riccione (RN), special distinction at the “Società Umanitaria”(2012-2014) in Milan, “Premio Niccolò Piccinni” in Bari, “V. Martina” in Massafra (TA), “D. Sarro” in Trani, “A. Zinetti” in Sanguinetto (VR), “Giulio Rospigliosi” in Lamporecchio (PT), ”A.M.A. Calabria” in Lamezia Terme (CZ), “Mirabello in Musica” in Mirabello Sannitico (CB), “Rovere d’Oro” in San Bartolomeo al Mare (IM). He performed in concerts at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Teatro Van Westerhout in Mola di Bari, Istituto Pontificio di Musica Sacra in Rome, Amici della Musica in Foggia, in Lucera and in Caserta, “Società Umanitaria” in Milan, Accademia Filarmonica in Rome, French Institute in Naples, Tempietto in Rome. In December 2012 he performed for RAI within a series for young talents from Italian Conservatories. He performed as a soloist with the orchestra of the Conservatory “Umberto Giordano” performing Jacques Ibert’s Chamber Concertino. He attended master courses with Maestros J. M. Londeix, E. Rousseau, M. Marzi, J. Y. Formeau, A. Bornkamp, C. Delangle and O. Murphy. Recently he was awarded first Prize at the “17° Concorso Internazionale di Musica per Giovani Interpreti Città di Chieri”, where he performed an unpublished Concerto by composer Andrea Damiano Cotti con l’Orchestra “Sinfonietta Città di Chieri”.