He Was born in Rome and has been active for many years, as musician and organizer, in the field of experimental and improvised music. He is a founding member of groups such as Ossatura, Eco d'Alberi, Roots Magic and others.
He has played in concert and recorded with:
Peter Kowald, Wadada Leo Smith, Butch Morris, ROVA, Larry Ochs, Lisle Ellis, Tim Hodgkinson, Mike Cooper, Thomas Lehn, John Butcher, John Edwards, Veryan Weston, Lol Coxhill, Tristan Honsinger, Jack Wright, Hans Koch, Michel Doneda, Alfred Harth, Evan Parker, Phil Minton, Axel Dorner, Michael Thieke, Ab Baars, Ig Henneman, Alvin Curran, Mazen Kerbaj, Sharif Sehnaoui, Michael Zerang, Wolfgang Fuchs, Martin Kuchen, Frank Gratkovski, Alberto Braida, Mario Schiano, Sebi Tramontana, Marco Colonna, Roberto Bellatalla, Fabrizio Puglisi, Sandro Satta, Giancarlo Locatelli, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Eugenio Colombo, Guido Mazzon, Renato Geremia, Edoardo Marraffa, Filippo Monico, Massimo Falascone, Cristian Calcagnile, Vincent Courtois, Steven Baczowski...
He played and toured throughout Europe, United States, Canada, Japan, Korea and Lebanon appearing at festivals and concerts like:
Festivals
Vision Festival (New York) Konfrontationen (Nickelsdorf) Taktlos (Zurich) Meteo (Mulhouse) London Musician’s Collective (London) Musique Actuelle (Victoriaville) Total Music Meeting (Berlin) Angelica (Bologna) Music Unlimited (Wels) Musique Action (Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy) Musique Innovatrices (Saint-Étienne) Tampere Jazz Happenings (Tampere) Yokohama Jazz Promenade (Yokohama) Ring Ring (Belgrade) Densité (Fresnes en Woevre) Irtijal (Beirut) November Music (Denbosch-Ghent-Essen) Creative Music Series (San Francisco) Jazz Im Goethe Garten (Lisboa) Humanoise Congress (Wiesbaden) Le Weekend (Stirling) Jazz Cerkno (Cerkno) Alternativa (Prague) Open Circuit (Hasselt) NovaraJazz (Novara) Europa Jazz Festival (Noci) An Insolent Noise (Pisa) Clusone Jazz (Clusone) Artacts (St.Johann in Tirol) AI confini tra Sardegna e Jazz (St.Anna Arresi) Juke Joint Festival (Clarksdale MS) Jazz em Agosto (Lisboa) Firenze Jazz Festival
Clubs, Art Galleries and other venues
Bim Huis (Amsterdam) Vortex (London) Loft (Koln) Rote Fabrik (Zurich) Porgy & Bess (Wien) Cafè Oto (London) Jazzatelier (Ulrichsberg) Worm (Rotterdam) Fylkingen (Stockholm) Mandala 2 (Tokyo) Ort (Wuppertal) Instants Chavirés (Paris) Big Apple (Kobe) Amr (Geneva) Paradox (Tilburg) Area Sismica (Forlì) Elastic Arts (Chicago)
Renaissance Society (Chicago) Temple Gallery (Philadelphia) Kumo Hall (Seoul) Chicago Cultural Center (Chicago) Slought Foundation (Philadelphia) Mirò Foundation (Barcelona) Evergreen State College (Olympia) Ohio University (Athens) La Friche (Marseille) Grim (Marseille)
Electroacoustic Music Centers
GMEB (Bourge) GMEA (Albi) GMEM (Marseille) DIEM (Aarhus)
ROOTS MAGIC
Hoodoo Blues & Roots Magic (Clean Feed 2015)
Last Kind Words (Clean Feed 2017)
Take Roots Among the Stars (Clean Feed 2020)
Long Old Road (Clean Feed 2023)
SPEAKING in TONGUES (Giulia Cianca, Marco Colonna)
My Kite You Made (Bandcamp 2024)
Marco Colonna, Fabrizio Spera DUO
The Children of this Land (Bandcamp 2024)
OSSATURA Elio Martusciello, Luca Venitucci
Dentro (ReR 1998) feat. Tim Hodgkinson
Verso (ReR 2002)
Maps and Mazes (ReR 2016)
Ossatura + G.Coleman & M.Peterson (Die Schachtel 2010)
ECO D'ALBERI Edoardo Marraffa, Alberto Braida, Antonio Borghini
Eco d'Alberi (Porter Records 2011)
WADADA LEO SMITH & Eco d'Alberi
June 6th 2013 (NovaraJazz 2016)
N-EST (Marco Colonna, Dario Miranda)
N-EST (Listening Foundation 2021)
N-EST + Giorgio Pacorig - piano
Imagination (Bandcamp 2024)
RED PLANET Edoardo Marraffa, Marco Colonna, Marco Zanotti
Red Planet (Relative Pitch 2023)
STEVEN BACKZOWSKI, CRISTIANO CAROSI, F. SPERA
Senza Colpo Ferire (K7 Robba 2023)
URS LEIMGRUBER - ANDREAS WILLERS - ALVIN CURRAN - F. SPERA
Rome-Ing (Leo Records 2019)
MARCO COLONNA Scaleno M. Colonna, Dario Miranda (28 Records 2017)
7k OAKS Alfred Harth, L.Venitucci, Massimo Pupillo
7000 Oaks (Die Schachtel 2006)
Entelechy (Die Schachtel 2011)
TRUTH in the ABSTRACT BLUES Mike Cooper, Roberto Bellatalla
Truth in the Abstract Blues - Feat. Leila Adu (Rai Trade 2009)
Tell Me (Ethbo 2014)
Alfred 23 Harth - Berlin Ensembles
A.Harth, Elliott Sharp, Kazuhisha Uchihashi, Clayton Thomas (Kendra Steiner Ed. 2016)
MALCHA Alfred Harth, Wolfgang Seidel, Nicole Van Den Plas
Malcha (Moloko Plus 2016)
RE-UNION Sandro Satta, Roberto Bellatalla
Re-Union (Rudi records 2011)
WEIGHTLESS John Butcher, Alberto Braida, John Edwards
A Brush with Dignity (Clean Feed 2009)
BUTCH MORRIS
Conduction Induction (Rai Trade 2007)
DI TERRA Lisle Ellis, Alberto Braida
Di Terra (Nu Bop 2006)
THAU Sabina Meyer, Hans Koch, Paed Conca
Thau (Die Schachtel 2010)
BLAST Dirk Bruinsma, Frank Crjins, Paed Conca
Altrastrata (ReR 2002)
Sift (ReR)
BLAST 6tet feat. Saadet Turkoz, Hans Koch
As Nowhere as Anywhwere (FMR Records 2007)
VICTORIA FREY Sabina Meyer, Lauro Rossi, Fabrizio Puglisi
Oggi non cantiamo quello che vi aspettate (Rai Trade 2006)
RARA Ensemble Giancarlo Locatelli, A.Braida, Gianfranco Tedeschi
Ora! (Z-Rec 2004)
ANTENATA S.Meyer, Daniela Cattivelli, A.Caric, A.Berardi, P. Galantino
Antenata (Ambiances Magnetiques 2005)
LINGUA Wolfgang Fuchs, Thomas Lehn
Lingua (Oaksmus 2001)
Mario Schiano & Vittorino Curci
M. Schiano, V. Curci, Conny Bauer, Ernst L.Petrowsky, Roberto Ottaviano, P. Innarella, G. Guarrella.
The Friendship of Walnuts (Splasch Records 1997)
PARTICIPATIONS
Lucio Leoni Loremipsum (Lapidarie incisioni 2016)
Mike Cooper Future Blues (Hip-SHot 2008)
Luciano Margorani Pseudocanzoni (BoZo 2008)
Sabina Meyer Cruelly Coy (Lazy Melodies 2006)
Dan Warburton Compendium Maleficarum (Incunabulum 2008) - Profession Reporter (Aural Terrain 2008)
Fabio Martini Circadiana (Leo Recods 1998)
Takla Makan Massimo Falascone, Giancarlo Locatelli, Filippo Monico (C.M.C 1997)
Interference 3 Tampere (Konnex 2003)
COMPILATIONS
OSSATURA Art Bears Revisited (ReR) Stormy Suite (Erosha) Linguafonie 3 (No Label) Sotto il Sole di Roma (Sonagli) Audiology II, Total Music Meeting 2002 (All)
Di Terra New Thing at Novara (Sonig)
Paolo Angeli - Fraili Isole che Parlano (Erosha)
Jack Wight, Luca Tilli, Luca Venitucci Brigadisco 4 Capropoli (Brigadisco)
LA 1919 Out of Standard - Italia 6 (ADN 2017)
