Marco Giongrandi is a guitarist, composer, banjoist born in Milan (IT) in 1987. At the age of 27 he fell in love with Brussels (BE) and therefore decided to move there to complete his music studies, also driven by the will of being part of a musical scene that has since been representing an important source of inspiration. He’s mostly focused on experimenting with the extemporaneous aspects of the music, whether improvised or not, and about developing new communicative languages that could meet his artistic needs and their evolution. He's involved in various musical scenes around Europe, such as jazz, improvised music, independent pop/folk/rock music. In 2015 he released his debut album Departures on Honolulu Records as leader, composer and arranger of the band Soares and have since toured extensively around Europe and China. Recently, after spending several years pondering about the role of improvisation and composition in music, he started a new project as leader, singer-songwriter, banjoist and guitarist. As well as a musician and performer, he’s also a founding member of Honolulu Records, an independent Italian label with a focus on Europe, and he works as a teacher in music academies and schools.
