BIOGRAPHY

Marco Susino is a European composer raised in Sicily, shaped by years in London, Sydney, and Melbourne, and more recently California. He trained as a classical guitarist in London, before advanced studies in Sydney and at Berklee College of Music, where he turned toward electronics and cinematic scoring. Working at the intersection of cinematic minimalism, symphonic craftsmanship, and electronics, his music draws listeners inward: spacious in its architecture, devastating in its quiet.

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Working across concert, screen, dance, and installation, he builds his scores through self-imposed constraints and close formal attention, moving between fragile solo pieces and richly layered soundworlds. His album Inanimate Subjects, released on Visée, approaches music as lived experience rather than description; something to inhabit, not observe. Current projects include Ngalki, a commissioned Indigenous requiem for ensemble and electronics.

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His work has taken him to the Sydney Opera House and to London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, the latter alongside Ana Silvera. He has created works with artists from Bangarra Dance Theatre and The Australian Ballet — including Bodies in eMotion (BOLD Festival / National Gallery of Australia, 2022) — as well as contributing to projects by artists as far afield as The Prodigy and Gary Numan. He also collaborates with Orchestral Tools in Berlin and FFOSSO on the development of expressive instruments for modern scoring.

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He held a fellowship in residence at The Juilliard School and has been a continuing Guest Artist there since 2020, leading masterclasses with emerging composers and choreographers.