Marc Giacone

Who is Marc Giacone?

Marc Giacone is a composer, organist and improviser from Monaco.

Born in 1954 at Monaco, he studied organ with the Masters Emile Bourdon, Chanoine Henri Carol, Jean Wallet, the improvisation with Pierre Cochereau and the composition.

Composer, electroacoustic researcher, virtuoso improviser, he belongs to the new generation of contemporary musicians for which all the forms of musical expression can find their place in masterpiece and even combine.

He composes many pieces for organ, harp, piano, flute, trombone, vibraphone, orchestra, synthesizer, cinema, television, radio, etc. He currently teaches articulation, traditional organ, improvisation and musical theory.

Since July 2, 2005, Marc Giacone was named titular of the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Carmes' Chapel of Monaco. He got a trial, because he had made a satire about Prince Albert.

Marc Giacone, the owner of a new satirical website, featuring cartoons allegedly defaming and ridiculing the Prince Albert II and other local politicians risks a 6-month prison sentence and a fine of €1500.