ABOUT
Strongly recognizable for his eclectic and emotional approach to piano, Mario Mariani perceives his instrument as an orchestra made of unusual sonic alchemies where the composer, the pianist and the performer figures mix together at the present time. Mario Mariani is an italian composer, piano artist and performer.
He collaborates with important institutions and clients including the Venice Biennale, (with the two music for Venice Film Festival), Theaters (Piccolo of Milan, FVG, Stabile Marche), Embassies and Italian Institutes of Cultural many others, with concerts across four continents. He wrote many soundtracks for cinema, theater and television. He received the “Oscar Marchigiano 2014” award for best musician.
He is also active as a piano coach, blending the roles of composer, performer, and improviser. He conducts workshops on the relationship between artistic and musical creation, leading Masterclasses at UCR and UNA Universities in Costa Rica, the Philharmonia of Skopje, Fiestalonia in Uzbekistan, the Philippine College of Music in Manila, the Conservatorio de Música de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso in Chile, and at the Opera Detention Center (Milan).
He is currently touring the world with the silent film Frate Sole (Italy, 1918, directed by Ugo Falena), with dates in Mexico, the Philippines, South America, Asia, and several European countries.
His solo piano albums:
- Utopiano (Vivirecords 2010),
- Elementalea (Ala Bianca/Zingaroton, 2012),
- The Soundtrack Variations (Intemporanea/Halidon 2017),
- The Rossini Variations (2018, Intemporanea/Artist First),
- V.I.T.R.I.O.L. (2020, Intemporanea/ThinkClouds/The Orchard),
- Nocturnalea (2022, Intemporanea/Kdope)
- Spiritual Muzack (2023, Intemporanea/Halidon)
PROJECTS
A SINGULAR PERFORMER
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)
