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Marco Buongiorno Nardelli's (b. Rome, Nov. 21, 1964) broad musical interests span from the baroque repertoire to jazz, contemporary and electronic music. Educated as both a musician and a physicist, he holds a BM in Music Theory and Composition from the Conservatorio "Luigi Cherubini" in Florence, Italy, studied flute with Oro and Gian-Luca Petrucci in Rome and sung in the choir of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana for many years.

He has studied composition with Riccardo Giagni (Rome), Lyda di Cuffa (Florence) and Alan Shockley (UNC-Chapel Hill). As a performer he has recorded for the Italian National Radio and Television (RAI) and has released various CD's with the world music group Kolaj and the Arabic-jazz-fusion ensemble Jaafar. He plays in the Raleigh Civic Symphony and Chamber Orchestra and is a member of the Center for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers and the American Music Center.

He will soon premier some of his works in performances by the Raleigh Civic Chamber Orchestra, the New York Miniaturist Ensemble, London's C.O.M.A. group and ACM. Of his flute and electronics works "Canto notturno" and "Ossi di Seppia", North Carolina critic Karen Moorman said: "...incorporating a range of compositional tools and performance techniques, his sensual pieces were enchanting. ... A 'Renaissance man' in his own right, composer and theoretical physicist, [Marco Buongiorno Nardelli] demonstrates a rich distinctive style". His electronic composition "Bamboo's Ghost" has been called by La Salle University composer Susan McDonald: "[...]evocative [...] quite mysterious and touching ..."

Composer Marco Buongiorno Nardelli is currently associate professor in the Department of Physics at North Carolina State University, where, among others, he teaches a course on "Acoustics and Music".

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