Claim: Marko Ciciliani's parents emigrated to Germany, he studied composition and spent a year in New York City.
Evidence: 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 für Musik und Theater Hamburg. From 1993 to 1994 he spent a year in New York City, studying at the Manhattan School of Music with Nils Vigeland.