Marco De Biasi (b. 1977) is an Italian musician, composer and painter who owes his musical education to…. From a very early stage in his career De Biasi showed a strong inclination towards composition, graduating in Music in 1999 with top marks. In September 2000 he was forced to temporarily retire from performing concerts as a result of a neurophysiological disease called focal dystonia. Fortunately, between 2002 and 2003, after 14 months of a motor rehabilitation programme at the “Institute of Physiology and Medicine of Art” in Terrasa (BCN), he made a full recovery. To this day he continues to collaborate with the aforementioned institute (www.institutart.com - www.fcart.org/distonia/).

During his forced retirement De Biasi studied musical composition, combining it with pictorial research. Starting from Kandinsky's theories and Klee's writings, he created a phono-chromatic system, based on the relationship between sound and color. Many of his works are a union of his paintings and musical compositions. In 2007 he published his first album “Fonocromie”, including pieces composted between 2004 and 2007 with a recurring theme, that is, the close relationship between sound and chromatic vibrations.

In 2010, together with the painter Max Ciogli, he cofounded SINE, an art movement of synaesthetic synthesis, whose main goal is the investigation of the relationship between sound, color and movement. In 2012 they published the artistic manifesto. After the foundation of this group, their research was, and continues to be used in therapy. In fact, through the “National Deaf Institute” in Rome, the artistic experiences of the group are merged to create a system that would allow deaf people to relate to the musical sound experience.

A part of his studies and works can be seen and consulted in his web site www.marcodebiasi.info.

As a musician he achieved several awards at many national and international competitions:

• 2^nd Prize at “Concorso Nazionale Città di Asti” (1991);
• 1^st Prize at “Concorso Giovani Talenti di Azzano X” (1997);
• 1^st Prize at “Concorso Internazionale Città di Varenna” (1999);
• 1^st Prize at “Concorso Nazionale Città di Ortona” (2004);
• 1^st Prize at “Concorso Internazionale Rospigliosi” (2005);
• 1^st Prize at “Concorso Nazionale di Castelfidardo” (2005);
• 1^st Prize at “Concorso Nazionale città di Seveso” (2005);
• 2^nd Prize at “Concorso Nazionale città di Parma” (2006);
• 1^st Prize at “Concorso Internazionale Kitarika - Capodistria” (2006);
• 1^st Prize at the Competition “Lilian Caraian per la musica - Trieste” (2007);
• 1^st Prize at “Concorso Internazionale Città di Gorizia” (2007).

As a composer and painter he obteined the following awards:

• Special Mention at the International Competition “Brescia chitarra contemporanea 2008” with the work: Trittico
• 3^rd Prize at the International Competition of Classic Guitar Composition “Claxica 2010” with the work: Suite
• 2^nd Prize at “9° Concorso Internazionale di Composizione per Chitarra M. Pittaluga di Alessandria” with the phonochromatic work: Quintetto n°1 Omaggio a Kandinsky op.4 (2010);
• 1^st Prize at the International Competition “Pavia Contemporanea” (2010) with the work: Ipercubo op.18
• 1^st Prize at the National Composer Competition “F. Agnello”, First edition (2012), Section of Chamber music, with the phonochromatic work: Omaggio al suonorosso e al quadrato giallo, for string quartet.
• 1^st Prize at the International Competition “Boston Guitarfest Composition Competition” (2013) with the work: Improvvisazioni
• 1^st Prize at XXV CONCURSO DE COMPOSICIÓN DE GUITARRA CLÁSICA “ANDRÉS SEGOVIA” (La Herradura-Granada, 2013) with the work: Improvvisazione VI.
• 1^st Prize at the International Competition of Classic Guitar Composition “Claxica 2014” with the work: Improvvisazione V
• 1^st Prize at the International Composition Competition “IV Prémio Internacional de Composição Fernando Lopes-Graça” (Portugal 2014) with the work: Lumen et Umbrae 
• In 2011 he won the International Competition GRAFIMUSE for musicians who work in the field of synaesthesia with the creation of a visual work of art that could be “played musically” with the painting: Musica seriale in fa#.

De Biasi’s compositions have been published by Chanterelle Verlag Edition, VP Music Media, Berben, EMEC, Sinfonica, Lineadaria Edizioni. His music has been included in important contemporary music festivals such as “Play It” (Italy) and “Foro Internacional de Musica Nueva” (Mexico) and has been performed by famous musicians such as: Quartetto di Cremonaand Trio Nahual, Juan Carlos Laguna.