Marco Dalpane, pianist and composer based in Bologna. He studied piano, composition, electronic music at Bologna Conservatory, and attended the graduate program at the University of Bologna DAMS. Since the 80's he performs in concerts as a soloist and in various chamber music ensembles focusing primarily on 20th century music. His repertoire, which extends through European and North American contemporary music to pop and rock music, includes works by Debussy, Ravel, Satie, Schoenberg, Webern, Bartok, Messiaen, Cowell, Gershwin, Cage, Stockhausen, Feldman, Bussotti, Cardew, Glass, Riley, Nyman, Oliveros. He has worked extensively with Tiziano Popoli (in duo and with the Popoli-Dalpane Ensemble), and the avant-rock group Ella Guru; he also took part in projects in collaboration with Tony Coe, Lindsay Cooper, Fred Frith, Butch Morris, Eyvind Kang, Alvin Curran, Nicolas Roseeuw, Ulrich Krieger. He has composed scores for theater, dance and films, art exhibitions, readings, radio and television. Since 1991, has been working on music for silent movies as a pianist, composer and conductor. He composed commissioned pieces for main European tv networks such as ZDF and ARTE, and collaborated for a decade with the Cineteca del Comune di Bologna. Among recent projects, Hextatic Piano, and a curatorial project dedicated to John Cage. Currently working on piano transcription of Frank Zappa's music, Zappa Classics for Piano. He also writes for Giornale della Musica.
