Marco Valabrega

Βorn in Rome as a mother actress. After starting his violin and piano studies at the S.Cecilia Music Conservatory in Rome, he felt the need to continue his musical research as self-taught. Strengthened by the musical atmosphere transmitted to him in part by his maternal grandparents, he continued with passion the study of the violin, graduating in 1988. At the same time he began a collaboration with the orchestra of the opera theater in Rome. Since then he devoted much of his time to philological-expressive research in both ancient and classical music, giving life to different chamber ensembles, ranging from the duo with the piano to the quintet, from the violin trio and the english horn to the baroque orchestra. both as a soloist and as an orchestral member. Since 1993 he has been constantly teaching the violin at state-run music schools and at the Giordano Bruno music school.
In the same year he undertook the study of the viola on an instrument built by the French violin maker Patrik Seaux. He began to perform concert activities as a violin in duo with the piano and string quartet .. In the summer of 1997 he graduated in viola. Along with the guitarist Domenico Ascione, he also undertook an executive-expressive research of all the popular Jewish folk music that embraces the Balkan area until it culminates in the understanding and performance of Middle Eastern music.  In 2012 he is awarded the diploma of the superior biennium in jazz at the Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome, with full marks.  On 8 June 2014 he was invited to play in the Vatican as the representative of Hebrew music on the occasion of the historical encounter between Pope Francesco, Shimon Perez and Abu Mazen. Recently with  the Mishmash ensemble has performed at the Quirinale Palace on the occasion of the day of memory in live radio three obtaining considerable success with critics and audiences.