Marco Baldini

about

Born in 1986 and raised in a small town in the countryside near Florence, Marco Baldini came to composing through his love of jazz and free improvisation, working within the ensemble Blutwurst, initially dedicated to graphic scored works by composers like John Cage, Christian Wolff, Morton Feldman, Cornelius Cardew, Alvin Lucier and La Monte Young, before completing their own opuses “Yoğurt” and “Anabasi”. During 2020, having been afforded a new sense of time, space, and solitude by the pandemic lockdowns that happened during that year, Baldini began to work within more structured and systematic forms. Over the period since, the body of work that led to the developments and recording of his debut solo album, “Vesperi”, slowly began to unfurl. Comprising seven chamber works for (low) strings and marimba, “Vesperi” draws much of its inspiration from early music - Italian polyphonic compositions of the 16th and early 17th centuries - North Indian (Hindustani) classical music, and threads of contemporary and historical Minimalism. Michele Paolozzo of Esoteros states, “The pieces collected here were written with and for the evening: the textures of low strings only, with the occasional and very discreet complement of a marimba, jealously preserve the crepuscular afflatus that inspired them and magnify it in essential sound frames, devoid of any frills that might disturb their subdued and deeply absorbed chant… the continuity of the sound relies solely on the ensemble’s patient wei

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Vesperi

Fuochi

Maniera

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Sarha (a "Women with Gaza" benefit compilation)

Sarha (a “Women with Gaza” benefit compilation)

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Maniera {Apartment House}

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mainly slow organ music 2025 highlights, part 1

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Mixtape

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Viva Radio Due

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Medical Aid for Palestinians Appeal, February 2024

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Selva (Apartment House)

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Trio 2 (Version for Violin, Viola & Cello) (Apartment House)

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