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Massimo Marchese was born on 31 August 1965 in Savona, in the Italian region of Liguria. He is an Italian musician, lutenist, theorbist and recording artist. He was a student of Jakob Lindberg at the Royal College of Music in London. He collaborated with the pipa player Jiao Xiangwen and the poet Sandro Boccardi. As a basso continuo musician he accompanied Nigel Rogers, Ottavio Dantone, Flavio Colusso, Flavio Emilio Scogna and many ensembles. He played in Europe, Asia and South America.
His recordings include the works of Francesco Spinacino, Franciscus Bossinensis, Joachim van den Hove, Robert de Visée, Gabriele Fallamero and Roman Turovsky-Savchuk. The partial discography lists Intavolatura di Leuto, Libri I e II (Tactus, 2006) under Francesco Spinacino. It lists La musique de la chambre du Roi, vols. I, II and III (Brilliant Classics, 2013), under Robert de Visee. It lists Florida (Brilliant Classics, 2015) under Joachim van den Hove.
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