Born in Milan in 1980, he began studying recorder at a very early age. He took lessons from Giovanni Antonini (from 1990 to ‘97), Pedro Memelsdorff (with whom he graduated in ‘99 at the “Civica Scuola di Musica Antica” in Milan), Walter van Hauwe (from 1999 to 2001 at the “Sweelinck” Conservatorium in Amsterdam) and Kees Boeke (at the Musikhochschule of Zurich, where he graduated in 2003). He also attended the “C. Pollini” Conservatory in Padua obtaining his degree in 1999 and studied composition with Fabio Vacchi at the “G. Verdi” Conservatory in Milan. He studied baroque transverse flute with Marco Brolli in Milan.

As a recorder and transverse flute player he regularly performs with his ensemble Estro Cromatico, and collaborates a.o. with Accademia Bizantina (Ottavio Dantone), Europa Galante (Fabio Biondi) and Il Giardino Armonico (Giovanni Antonini). He has performed with the Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra directed by Ottavio Dantone, Giovanni Antonini and Rinaldo Alessandrini; he has also appeared as a soloist with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra directed by Fabio Biondi. He has played together with such well-known soloists as Enrico Onofri, Stefano Montanari, Cecilia Bartoli, María Espada, Vivica Genaux, Ann Hallenberg, Nuria Rial, Mária Zádori and Andreas Scholl.

He appears on CD and DVD recordings with Accademia Bizantina (Decca and Naïve Classique), Europa Galante (Virgin Classics and Dynamic), Il Giardino Armonico (Arthaus and Naïve Classique) and has broadcasted for Bayern Klassik, Radio France, Radio Nacional de España, Radio RAI, Polskie Radio and NRK Norway.

He has performed as a soloist in some of the most important European concert halls and festivals, such as Philharmonie and Konzerthaus in Berlin, Bozar (Brussels), Die Glocke (Bremen), Musikhalle Hamburg, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Gewandhaus (Leipzig), Barbican Hall (London), Philharmonie Luxenbourg, Baluarte (Pamplona), Théâtre des Champs Elysées (Paris), Auditorio di Santa Cecilia (Rome), Auditorio Kursaal in San Sebastián, Stavanger Concert Hall (Norway), De Oosterpoort (Utrecht), Auditorio Miguel Delibes (Valladolid), Wiener Konzerthaus, Tonhalle (Zurich), Berliner Tage für Alte Musik, Musikinstrumenten-Museum Berlin, Festival de Beaune, Festival de Música de Canarias, Festival de Música de Compostela, Opera Rara Krakow, Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik, MilanoArteMusica, Musica e Poesia a San Maurizio (Milan) and Tage Alter Musik Regensburg.

With harpsichord player Davide Pozzi and Estro Cromatico he has recorded the album “Son d’Amore: recorder sonatas by G.F. Handel” (Stradivarius, March 2014).

Marco Scorticati taught recorder for several years at the “Niccolò Piccinni” Conservatory in Bari, and at the “F.A. Bonporti” Conservatory in Trento. He is currently teaching at the “Santa Cecilia” Conservatory in Rome.