Born in Perugia (Italy) in 1967, Marcello Gatti graduated at the Conservatory "F. Morlacchi" on modern flute in 1986. He completed his studies on baroque and classical flute with Barthold Kuijken at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague (NL) where he obtained the soloist diploma (with distinction) in 1997, and the chamber music diploma dedicated to the renaissance repertoire.
He has played many concerts all over Europe, America, Japan, Australia and Middle East, and he is invited to joint ensembles as:
Ensemble Aurora (Enrico Gatti), Accademia Bizantina (Ottavio Dantone), Zefiro (Alfredo Bernardini), Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini (Antonio Florio), Attaignant Consort (Kate Clark), Armonico Tributo Austria (Lorenz Duftschmidt), Cantus Cölln (Conrad Jungaenel), Le Concert de Nations (Jordi Savall), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (Ton Koopmann), Accademia Montis Regalis (Alessandro De Marchi), Piccolo Concerto Wien, Capriccio Basel.
He is leaving in Cremona since 1998.
Many recordings for labels as: Symphonia, Harmonia Mundi France, Sony, Ambroisie, Opus 111-Naive, Ramée, Aeolus, Deutsche Grammophon, Glossa, Chandos, Tactus etc..
He teaches renaissance, baroque and classical flute at the "Accademia Internazionale della Musica" of Milano, at the Conservatory of Verona, at the MusikHochschule of Leipzig and in various international summer courses like the Urbino Early Music Festival.