Artist description Composer - pianist.

Music Style classical

Instruments Piano

Press Reviews "Wonderful music and playing." Rami Bar-Niv ---------" I am being pummeled with wave after wave of breathtaking pianoforte explosions, as if the shock wave from some nova deep within the keys of this magnificent instrument, an almost violent expression of life, death, and renewal, I am listening to Marco Modaro's latest piano concerto, entitled "Modaro: Studio No. 8 Op. 11", an incredibly complex and original composition. Mr. Modaro gives us no inkling of the thematic content of his wonderful piece, but to this listener it is nothing short of an epic odyssey, somehow envisioned through the fingers of an amazing pianist." Darrell Wade Burgan ----------- " In Modaro's Studio n5, Op. 11, he creates a lush, quasi-improvisatory sound world. The textures, gestures, and mood remind me of Keith Jarrett, albeit far more complex. The feeling fluctuates from a sweet confusion to an introspective calmness. I really like Modaro's use of his cross-tonal harmonic language. He plays with all the right dissonances, and they always seem to resolve the right way. The dissonance used never seems gratuitous , rather it seems completely natural. " Tony Lanman ---------- " Fantasia op.10 incorporates elements of the studies to bring us this powerful piano composition of epic proportion. This piece also stands out as a virtuoso work in the highest standard. Similarly, Chopin, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff come to mind as composers who have presented us with works concert pianists strive to publically perform to perfection in their lifetime. This usually is reflected when the piece is used as the ultimate performance of a classical piano competition. Modaro's Fantasia op.10 will be performed many times in the future, as it does stand out as a great contemporary composition. " James Combs ----------- " a composer/pianist with a unique and expressively pianistic approach to new music " /netnewmusic ---------- "What Marco creates, and plays, is a contemporary version of something that hasn't been around much for a while; "salon music" meant for for people who care about thinking. I know that term has come to mean something easy or "pretty", but that is not the spirit I use it in. There was something in many of the works of Chopin, Liszt, and Scriabin that makes them seem a little odd in the concert hall; I think it was this same spirit of intimacy and discovery, something meant to be shared at close quarters with other artists who shared the exploration. In the same way that others would gather in a room all night, going over each one's new poems, listening an interesting take on an old master, or some exciting new idea; this is the tradition I hear in this and other pieces (and playing) of Marco's, brought to the "now". Excellent work." Steve Layton

Location Montecatini Terme, Pistoia - Italy

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