Short Bio

Mark Micchelli is a pianist, composer, improvisor, music technologist, and scholar based in Pittsburgh, PA. Recent projects include producing the multimedia autobiography of Vietnamese singer-activist Mai Khôi, finishing a dissertation on George Russell’s Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization as it relates to twelve-tone music, hosting a series of house concerts under the moniker “Stage MK,” and arranging jazz standards for solo piano and improvising computer. Mark has accrued degrees and awards from several institutions of higher education, and he has performed in venues such as Joe’s Pub (NYC), the Smithsonian Museum (Washington, DC), and La Fenice (Venice, Italy).