Marco Pacassoni
Marco graduated cum laude from the “G. Rossini” Conservatory and in Professional Music at Berklee College of Music in Boston, also cum laude. In 2005, Marco won the award for Best Italian Jazz Talent at the “Chicco Bettinardi Competition” organized by the Piacenza Jazz Festival.
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The most lyrical player I can think of, you give him melody and he paints the most beautiful colors
— Anders Åstrand
Marco has played with Michel Camilo, John Patitucci, Antonio Sanchez, Alex Acuna, Horacio “el negro” Hernandez, Steve Smith, John Beck, Amik Guerra, Trent Austin, Greg Hutchinson, Chihiro Yamanaka, Bungaro, Malika Ayane, Petra Magoni, Raphael Gualazzi, Luca Barbarossa, Francesco Cafiso, Massimo Manzi, Massimo Moriconi, Filippo Lattanzi, Daniele Di Gregorio, Paolo Belli, Luca Colombo, Cesare Chiodo, THE BEST OF and many others…
…as leader, Marco released Finally (Groovemaster Edition 2011), Happiness (AlfaMusic 2014), Grazie (Nasswetter Music Group 2017), Frank & Ruth (Esordisco 2018) and Life (Egea Music, April 2022).
Marco is percussion faculty at Liceo Musicale Marconi in Pesaro and at Urbino University for Italian semesters of the University of Texas San Antonio.
Marco taught Masterclasses in Vibraphone at prestigious American colleges such as Oberlin Conservatory (Ohio), University of Minnesota (Minnesota), Eastman School of Music (Rochester), Columbus University (Ohio), Cleveland University (Ohio), University of Texas San Antonio (Texas) and Washington University in St. Louis (Missouri).
In April 2014 Marco released a harmony and composition book Quasi quasi scrivo una canzone... (Rodaviva Edizioni).
Marco has been invited to prestigious international and Italian festivals and clubs such as Estival Jazz Lugano (Switzerland), Roccella Jonica Jazz Festival, Fano Jazz Festival, Locomotive Jazz Festival, Sant'Elpidio Jazz Festival, Festival International de la Musica in Gandia (Spain), Adams Percussion Festival (Holland), DrumWorld Festival (Holland), Amsterdam Marimba Festival (Holland), SummerJazz Festival at Casa del Jazz in Rome, Blue Note Milan, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Bimhuis Jazz in Amsterdam (Holland), Bravo Caffè in Bologna, EastShore Jazz Club (Beijing, China), La Plantation (Beijing, China), Salon 10 (Hong Kong, China), Peel Fresco (Hong Kong, China), Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Pechino, Osaka (Japan) and Hong Kong, among many others.
Marco plays ADAMS, VIC FIRTH, ZILDJIAN and GON BOPS
Pictures: Mr. Andrea Rotili
