BIO

MxMaria (Maria Ferrante) is a non-binary artist from Sicily, born in 1983, who graduated and specialized in Foreign Languages, Humanities, and Communication Studies to make their dream come true to become a translator, a mediator. Nevertheless, since their childhood, they also explored the entertainment field. From 2008 to 2018, they worked as a writer and translator on request under several pseudonyms, thanks to their natural disposition and flexibility with genres like Erotica, Fantasy, Alternative Lifestyles, Educational, LGBT+, etc.

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In 2007, MxMaria approached the Seventh Art, performing as a Spanish actor, however, in 2015, they began their new career, studying as Voice Actor, and in 2016 they enrolled in Shakespeare Theatre Academy in Palermo, graduating in 2019 as actor-performer. In the meantime, they founded a theatrical company as a second director and script-writer (2017), which will later in time change its name to Progetto Inediti (2019): they are currently their main director, author, song- and script-writer, and performer. Since 2018, Ferrante officially becomes a script-writer for SIAE DOR and broadens their repertoire.

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MxMaria is also known as an active member of LGBT+ community, and that can be vividly perceived in their work, especially since they became a speaker for SBR (2020) and wrote a few critical reviews for Meglio di Niente (2021), broadening their perspective on art, too. This new turn was due to casually crossing their path with Frank Julian, a composer, who proposed collaboration, and MxMaria performed as a singer and a voiceover actor in ReBorn, R174, T1Z14N4, and wrote for him as well.

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Since 2021, Ferrante independently has been publishing books in Italian and English, starting a collaboration with a long-time friend and colleague Xenia Tsarkova, a professional Russian translator and proofreade.

In 2022, Ferrante debuts as a solo singer and song-writer under the stage name of MxMaria promoting their EP Hinc et Nunc (composer and producer Gianmarco Ricasoli).

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Among the latest published works we single out:

• Freerian Chronicles (an audio-drama based on a book, produced and performed by Progetto Inediti in collaboration with Frank Julian and Roxanne Drawings, debuted on SBR as an exclusive premiere) available in main digital stores as an audiobook, and as an illustrated version on request;

• Pensieri Notturni (Italian Edition)  ~ Silence in Your Soul , Nocturnal Thoughts  ~ Silence in Your Soul (English Edition copyedited and proofread by Xenia Tsarkova); 

• L’equilibrio supremo: Freerian Chronicles (Orginal Version), Supreme Equilibrium: Freerian Chronicles (English Edition copyedited and proofread by Xenia Tsarkova);

• Yae: The Big Snap ~ Silence in Your Soul (written by Maria Ferrante, proofread and copyedited by Xenia Tsarkova, illustrated by Eleonora Calì);

• Unravelling Time: Freerian Chronicles (English Edition, by Maria Ferrante, copyedited and proofread by Xenia Tsarkova, illustrated by Eleonora Calì and Maria Ferrante).

• Aine: Love Melody.  ~ Silence in Your Soul (English Edition, by Maria Ferrante, copyedited and proofread by Xenia Tsarkova, illustrated by Eleonora Calì and Maria Ferrante).