Marco Orsini-Brescia is an Italian-Brazilian keyboard virtuoso and musicologist, acclaimed for performances on piano, organ, harpsichord, and clavichord. Trained from childhood in Brazil and refined in Spain and Europe, he combines technical mastery with intellectual depth—a musician who thinks like a researcher and researches like a musician. His virtuosity is subtle yet absolute: not for spectacle, but for clarity, control, and expressive authority.

 

He performs internationally at major festivals and concert halls, often in duo with his wife, soprano Rosana Orsini, and has recorded acclaimed albums including Zipoli in Diamantina: Complete Organ Works and Angels and Mermaids: Religious Music in Oporto and Santiago de Compostela.

 

A leading scholar of Iberian organ music, he holds a Ph.D. from Paris IV–Sorbonne and Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and coordinates the research group Music in the Modern Period at CESEM.

 

Decorated with the President Juscelino Kubitschek Medal of Honour, Orsini-Brescia embodies virtuosity without ostentation, authority without noise.