ABOUT
IRREVERENT ALCHEMY
Mario Mariani is a pianist and composer who moves between classical music, jazz, silent cinema and original theatre — without asking permission of any genre.
Born in Pesaro, his music flows between the concert hall and the stage, between composition and performance, between the written note and the impossible improvisation.
Official theme of the Venice Film Festival — twice. Not once — twice. Also: Cannes. New York. Piccolo Teatro di Milano. Jazz. Classical variations. Silent cinema. And things that have no name yet. He has never played the same concert twice. He considers this a feature, not a bug.
PROJECTS
ECLECTIC WORKS
Encephalon
A bizarre and amusing drama that mixes theatrical, cinematographic and scientific quotes.
Pittura Estrema – Action music action painting
An original, suggestive and “extreme” live performance.
The life and passion of Jesus Christ (1905)
The first movie of the history about Jesus Christ.
The Soundtrack Variations
A concert where original soundtracks and improvisation go side by side with compositions.
The Rossini Variations
An amusing hommage to the genius of the great composer Gioacchino Rossini.
The Fellini Variations
A tribute to the great Italian director with some of the best known and appreciated soundtracks.
The Italian Variations
The Italian Variations is an amusing homage to italian music with a piano recital
RECORDS
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
Spiritual Muzack (2023)
My seventh piano solo album, dedicated to feminine energy by collecting recordings over the years.
Nocturnalea (2022)
A music(k)al vision inspired to Apollonius of Tyana’s Nuctemeron as reported by Eliphas Levi.
V.I.T.R.I.O.L. (2020)
V.I.T.R.I.O.L. recorded in a cave during one month of continuous staying in 2010 explores inner landscapes and outer spaces.
The Rossini Variations (2018)
My piano transcriptions, variations and improvisation from Overtures, Arias and compositions by Gioachino Rossini
The Soundtrack Variations (2017)
An album of cinematic variations on soundtrack music of my beloved film director (and composers)
Elementalea (2012)
A concert for piano and natural landscape orchestra, dedicated to the spiritual creatures of nature.
Utopiano (2011)
My first piano album, with which I introduced the concept of “Composizione istantanea transpersonale” (transpersonal instant composition)
