Marko Ciciliani's parents emigrated to Germany, he studied composition and spent a year in Dallas.
In 1971 his parents emigrated to Germany where he predominantly grew up in Karlsruhe. Starting in 1990 he studied composition and music-theory with Ulrich Leyendecker at the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Hamburg. Marko Ciciliani (born February 23, 1970) is a composer, audiovisual artist and performer. From 1993 to 1994 he spent a year in New York City, studying at the Manhattan School of Music with Nils Vigeland. After returning to Hamburg he continued his studies until his graduation with Manfred Stahnke. In 1996 he emigrated to Amsterdam, Netherlands, where he studied until 1998 as a post-graduate student at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. In 2010 he moved to Austria, taking up a teaching position at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. In 2011 he became guest-professor at the Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics (IEM) of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. 
