What strange times. Covid-19 has brought the world to its knees. I was just reading about Hart Island, the burial ground in New York City, then I scrolled down the news feed on Facebook and saw someone playing the piano, live-streaming from home. I must say, I'm having a hard time dealing with all of … Continua a leggere I can’t take this lightly, but I’m trying
I have just came back from Tallinn, a gorgeous town located in the northern part of Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. I was there with Chiara, my girlfriend, as she had to work at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre for an event called METRIC (modernizing … Continua a leggere Hammer and Sickle
My first Belgian record, so to say, is now available, and that’s an atypical one. When I moved out to Brussels a while ago, I connected with my friend, musician Emiliano Deferrari (who relocated here in 2014). It felt natural to meet up and play something together. We discovered a common interest towards free form improvisation and … Continua a leggere New release: Emiliano Deferrari, Marco Machera
It's been an eventful summer. I have moved to Brussels, in Belgium. I'm slowly starting to work on music again - so many things have happened, that have kept my mind elsewhere. I'm enjoying a semi-voluntary retirement from live performances. I do like playing live, but I have always thought of myself more as the … Continua a leggere En terre étrangère
I have spent the first half of June in the United States - once again in Seattle, a city I really love. I was there to play with TROOT, the epic progressive rock orchestra lead by American pianist Tim Root, and to play shows with EchoTest. I did write about TROOT before - you might … Continua a leggere Sailing the seas of prog
