Alessandro Marino is the Top Prize-winner of the 2015 Ibla Grand Prize competition, through which he made a USA tour and debut at Carnegie Hall in 2016. In 2014 he was awarded with 2nd prize (with 1st not awarded) at Alkan-Zimmerman International Piano Competition in Greece. He is also the winner of the Festival Nuove Carriere 2010 promoted by Cidim with the collaboration of Roma Tre Orchestra, in which he was voted by University students, who appreciated particularly "[...] the magnetism, the energy and the brilliance Alessandro Marino puts in all of his interpretations".

He regularly performs as a soloist for the most important associations and festivals in Italy such as Sala Verdi of Milan Conservatory for the prestigious season of Società dei Concerti di Milano, Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Festival Verdi of Parma, Festival MiTo both in Milan and Turin, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Festival Brescia and Bergamo, Amici della Musica of Palermo in the Politeama Theatre, Associazione Musicale Etnea of Catania, Filarmonica Laudamo of Messina, Camerata Musicale Barese, Magna Grecia Orchestra (conductor L. Piovano), Teatro Comunale of Bologna. He regularly also performs in prestigious venues in the Netherlands (Felix Meritis in Amsterdam), Spain (Fundación Botín in Santander), France (Piano aux Jacobins in Toulouse), USA (Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall in New York, Argenta Theater in Little Rock, Arkansas), Georgia (Tbilisi State Conservatoire Grand Hall).

His concerts have often been broadcast by television and radio stations. In particular, Sky Classica HD recorded a documentary on his figure for the show Talenti! In 2009 he was a guest and played live on an episode of Pauw&Witteman show, the most famous talk-show of the Netherlands. In 2013 he played in Quirinale, the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic and the concert was live recorded and broadcast by the italian channel Rai Radio3. He also played for the “Tutto Chopin” marathon in Milan, arranged by Imola Academy, recorded and broadcast by Mediaset. In his solo recitals beside traditional repertoire there is often space for compositions of less known romantic composers such as Alkan, Gottschalk, Moszkowski.

In 2011 he received the Diploma released by the International Piano Academy of Imola in which he studied under the guidance of M° P. Rattalino and graduated summa cum laude both at Trapani Conservatory, under the guidance of M° S. Spanò, and at Cesena Conservatory. He holds a 2nd level postgraduate Master at Milan Conservatory perfecting with M° G. Bellucci. He performed in several masterclasses with outstanding musicians such as F. Scala, Z. Kocsis, R. Levin, Vo. Ashkenazy, A. Lucchesini, L. Richaud, W. Wojtal, A. Torger, R. Risaliti, O. Niederdofer, J. Soriano, C. Pescia, Y. Jun. In 2013 he attended the course Professional Training in Entrepreneurship and Promotion in Music (AMA) conceived and organized by “Accademia Teatro alla Scala”.

He is currently teaching at Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali "Achille Peri" in Reggio Emilia, Scuola di Musica Ottavanota in Milan and he is one of the Professors of the Imola Masterclasses Eindhoven (IME). Between 2013 and 2016 he was also Professor at the Imola Piano Academy "Talent development - Eindhoven".

“The impetus of the pianist, in his unbridled and overwhelming enthusiasm [...] certainly is engraved on memory.”
-Giornale di Sicilia

“[…] what gives Marino performances what we can call a contagious and more than appreciable added value is that they contain a sincere, convinced involvement. Pages of sparkling and thrilling structures, such as those of Gottschalk or with more ethereal meditation like those of Alkan, find in Marino the interpreter who believes in that music, to which he offers all the youthful impetus – at the same time well-educated and meditated – and not only the dragging support of virtuosity.”
-La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno

“[...] a large audience that appreciated the extraordinary qualities of the 24-year-old soloist [...]. It takes uncommon qualities, high digital speed and courage to deal with such virtuoso marathons. Alessandro Marino, in this field, seems to us already at ease...”
-La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno