Internationally-renowned flutist Marina Piccinini's rich artistic tapestry is woven from her multi-national upbringing and vibrant, global perspective. Known for expanding the repertoire of her instrument, her catalogue is among the most extensive of today's celebrated artists, and she has premiered works by Aaron Jay Kernis, who wrote a concerto for her, John Harbison, Lukas Foss, Paquito D’Rivera, Marc-Andre Dalbavie, and Yuko Uebayashi, among others, and looks forward to a new concerto by Christopher Theofanidis, premiering at Grant Park summer 2022. Her appearances as soloist include the Boston, Vienna, Vancouver, Tokyo, Detroit, Toronto and National Symphonies and London, Rotterdam, and Hong Kong Philharmonics, and work with leading conductors including Seiji Ozawa, Kurt Masur, Pierre Boulez, and Esa-Pekka Salonen. She also appears regularly on major stages around the world with such artists and ensembles as the Tokyo, Brentano, and Takács Quartets, pianists Mitsuko Uchida and Andreas Haefliger, and Tre Voci, her flute, harp, and viola trio, and can be heard on the Avie, Claves, and ECM labels,
She founded the Marina Piccinini International Masterclasses (MPIMC) with the New World Symphony, and her awards include the Avery Fisher Career Grant, and top prizes at the CBC Young Performers Competition and Concert Artists Guild International Competition. She is currently on the faculty of the Peabody Institute.