Ilario Morciano | saxophone

Ilario Morciano was born in Bolzano in 1978 and started studying the saxophone at the Musical Lyceum ‘F. Manzato' in Treviso, under the supervision of Maestro Roberto Favaro. He graduated obtaining a first-class degree at the State Conservatoire ‘A. Buzzolla' in Adria. In order to continue his musical studies, he followed the specialist courses by Maestro J. M. Londeix and Maestro Mario Marzi at the State Conservatoire ‘G. Verdi' in Milan and he has studied Jazz with Maestro Nicola Fazzini and Maestro Robert Bonisolo, participating in clinics at the ‘Berklee College' in Boston and performing at the Umbria Jazz Festival 2007. He performs as a soloist, in duo together with a pianist and in chamber music ensembles and orchestras. He is a member of the saxophone quartet ‘Aliseo', a winning quartet at national and international contest which performs the whole 20th-century repertoire from classical to contemporary music and from ethnical music to jazz. He recorded with Aua Records, Snowdonia and Madcap Collective for electronic music projects, and with Alia Music records for the ‘Arsenale' Ensemble. He teaches saxophone at the Musical lyceum ‘F. Manzato' in Treviso.