Based in Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), Gian Marco is a percussionist that focuses mainly on contemporary music, experimental music, electronic/electroacoustic music and improvisation.

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He obtained his Diploma in percussions at the Conservatory of Cagliari (Italy) and his Master's degree in Music Performance at the Hochschule der Künste Bern (Switzerland). He is currently attending the Master of Interpretation of New Music at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg (Germany).

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His teachers have included Francesco Ciminiello, Roberto Pellegrini, Sandra Giuralongo, Brian Archinal, Pierre Sublet, Håkon Stene, Katharina Schmauder and Friederike Scheunchen.

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He has taken part in numerous masterclasses by several percussionists, including Steven Schick, Françoise Rivalland, Tom de Cock, Gaston Sylvestre and Colin Frank. He has participated in various workshops such as Research-Led Performance at Fondazione Cini (Venice), COM.PER.EL (Padua) and courses such as Internationale Ferienkurse für neue Musik Darmstadt (Germany). In 2021 he was one of the finalists in the international competition Berlin Prize for Young Artists.

 

He has performed in such places as Palazzo Ricci (Montepulciano, Italy), EXMA Cagliari, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Centro d'arte e cultura La Vetreria (Cagliari, Italy), Humboldtsaal, Lokhalle (Freiburg, Germany), Werkstatt für improvisierte Musik (Zurich, Switzerland), Dampfzentrale (Bern, Switzerland), Roda Hall (Kerkrade, Netherlands), in festivals and occasions such as Camei Contemporanei, Extending Interactivity, Interzone Festival, Research-Led Performance, Art& Schock and EineArtFestival, in solo, ensembles and various kinds of formations.

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His main interests are solo and chamber percussion repertoire of the 20th and 21st centuries, development of new repertoire and new possibilities with current composers and performers, multimedia projects, experimentation and improvisation.

He is currently part of various projects, including DONTTOUCHMEIMSHAKING, a free impro quartet based on feedback loops and electronics.