SOP Podcast #76 - Marco Lo Muscio on Organ Recordings, Rock Music, and Transcriptions

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #76! http://www.organduo.lt/podcast Today's guest is an Italian concert organist Marco Lo Muscio. Marco is one of the most versatile musicians of his generation: organist, pianist, composer. Marco cooperates for recordings and concerts with renowned artists as Kevin Bowyer, David Jackson (Van Der Graaf Generaor), John and Steve Hackett (Genesis). He graduated in piano with full honours “Cum Laude” at "Licinio Refice" academy of music guided by Maestro Tonino Maiorani, and later studied for three years with the great pianist Sergio Fiorentino (1927-1998) attaining the Diploma of Advanced Studies with full honours at the academy "Bartolomeo Cristofori". He also graduated in Pedagogy "Cum Laude", guided by prof. Giulio Sforza, in the University of "Rome Tre" (degree thesis on Keith Jarrett and Glenn Gould), and in organ with prof. James Edward Goettsche (Main Organist of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican). Marco is the first musician who has brought transcriptions of 'progressive music' into the concert halls and cathedrals, thrilling audiences with music by composers like Kieth Emerson, Rick Wakeman and Steve Hackett (Genesis) in this acoustic way. Marco's compositions are similarly 'progressive' in their own way. In this conversation Marco shares his insights about organ recordings, rock music, and transcriptions. Enjoy and share your comments below. ​ And don't forget to help spread the word about the SOP Podcast by sharing it with your organist friends. Thanks for caring. Relevant links: Marco's website: www.marcolomuscio.com Marco's YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/user/Gandalf71 Some interesting videos: Recording session new Priory CD (organ duet): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qp7GgaZLGE Ricercare Cromatico (with sheet music): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7_Uj_xLjqw New Litanies (with sheet music): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAv80YqlAcw Variations on "Gabriel's Message" (with sheet music): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGlzjb985ag In Memoriam Messiaen (with sheet music): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOTnVTOzJdA Vaughan Williams: Fantasy on a theme by Thomas Tallis (arr. Lo Muscio): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JCBRSwwFWg Ligeti: Passacaglia Ungherese (arr. Lo Muscio): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDCRn56piTA "Lord of the Rings" Recital in Moscow Cathedral (2016): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgSpPvcfk_0 Keith Emerson: Fanfare for the Common man (arr. Lo Muscio): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_RUYooGWpM Christopher Herrick Plays "Concert Variations on Greensleeves": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9B2pV2k7qY Steve Hackett & Marco Lo Muscio: "Galadriel": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx7rqdNssoI