Marco Lo Muscio was born in Rome on October 23 1971 He graduated in piano with full honours “Cum Laude” at "L. Refice" academy of music guided by Maestro T. Maiorani. He then perfected himself (in three years) with the great pianist  Sergio Fiorentino (1927-1998) attaining the Diploma of Advanced Studies at the academy "B. Cristofori". He graduated in Pedagogy "Cum Laude" to the University of "Rome Tre" (degree thesis on K. Jarrett), and he perfected in organ with the prof. J. E. Goettsche (official Organist of St. Peter’s in Vatican).

He has held more than 600 concerts for world best festivals in important cathedrals and concert halls like: Cambridge “Kings College Chapel”; Oxford “Exeter and Queens College Chapels”; Russia: “Great Philharmonic Concert Hall  Shostakovic” in St. Petersburg; Cathedral, Gnessin Academy and Baptist church in Moscow; Volgograd (Stalingrad) Philharmonic Hall; Vilnius (Lithuania) “Christopher Summer Festival; Tallinn (Estonia) “International Organ Festival”. Finland: Organ summer festivals in Åbo/Turku, Lahti and Mikkeli; Åland XXXI International organ festival; Scotland (Edinburgh) in the Cathedral of St. Giles; Zurich in the Cathedral of S. Peter and Paul; Copenhagen in the Holmens Kirke (the church Queen of Denmark); Iceland, Belgium, Ukraine, Czech Republic; Norway: Bergen Organ summer festivals in Maria and Johannes Kirken; Oslo Røa Kirke International Festival; Italian Institute of Culture in Oslo; Sweden (Götheborg Cathedral),Germany (Munich), Switzerland (Zurich), Poland: “Gdansk(Oliwa) and Frombork Festivals”; Sorø International Music Festival in Denmark, France (Strasburg, S. Räphael, Obernai Cathedral); England (Westminster Cathedral in London, Chester Cathedral, Hull City Hall, Lichfield Cathedral, Blackburn Cathedral,…);Riga Cathedral (Latvia) “Riga Dom Festival”; I.U.C. “Great Hall of Sapienza” in Rome; Festival Pontino and Festival Euro Mediterraneo; in Vatican in the presence of Pope Giovanni Paolo II; Florence (S. Maria dei Ricci), La Verna International Organ Festival, Festival of historical organs in Valsesia, Pienza Cathedral, “Dusk Day 2008” in the Orvieto Cathedral, Cantù International Organ Festival,  etc…

He has worked and played with and for international artists such as: Goffredo Petrassi, Mario Luzi, Aivars Kalejs, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Giulio Sforza, Steve Hackett (in the Orvieto Cathedral, and Kings College in Cambridge), Corrado Canonici, ecc…
Marco is the organist of National Canadian and St. Alexander churches in Rome. Is also Artistic Director of the “International Organ Summer Festival in Rome”. His CDs and DVDs have been broadcast in radio and television: RAI TV, SAT 2000 TV, Vatican Radio, Amolini TV Russia, ...

The last CDs of Marco dedicated to Progressive Music and edit and distributed from Drycastle and Camino Records has had a large success of reviews in international Magazines in USA, UK, Finland (Colossus), Italy, Poland, etc...
Marco is much active also like composer, and these compositions for organ and piano are published from Erreffe Musical Edition. The next plans of Marco preview the collaboration with Keith Emerson and Steve Hackett for some CDs dedicates to their transcriptions (article appeared also on Classic Rock Magazine in London), and for 2009/10 has already been invited to play in in  Moscow House of Music Great Hall, in the church of St. Nicholas in Prague, in the church of  La Madeleine and Le Saint-Esprit in Paris, in the St. David Summer Organ Festival (Wales), in the Sheffield and Westminster Cathedrals,in the International Organ Festival in Tallinn, in Helsinki in the Church of Rock, etc… 

"... exceptional, precise and of quality!"

(Prof. Antonio Latanza, director of the museum of the musical instruments of Rome)

“ …He shows technical solid and strong, excellent heir of the school of Fiorentino and Germani”.                  

(Federico Borsari, concert organist)

“A CD with little works well-known and a large search in the touch and in the nuance. I love this way to do music!”

(Francis Chapelet, concert organist)

“…when this musician has started to play, public has understood: there has arrived the talented powerful interpreter”.

(Antonina Vinnikova, Russian journalist)

“…Repertory of rare excellent listening played with large taste. I recommend to all of the purchase of these original CD for organ”.

(Wijnand Van de Pol, concert organist)

“What Marco Lo Muscio presents is my ideal of music: entertaining and meaningful. Prog-Rock played on pipe organ: why nobody else thought of something so cool before?!? Marco is a keyboards ‘maestro’; his arrangements are warm, and respectful of the original. A real pleasure to listen to, both on CD and live”.

Corrado Canonici(Director of “World Concert Artists”, Double Bassist, Manager of Keith Emerson)

“I KNOW ABOUT THIS GUY, VERY VERY GOOD AS WELL I'M TOLD.”

Rick Wakeman