Appreciated as a soloist and conductor, he obtained the diploma and the MA in Saxophone with honors at the "A. Steffani" Conservatory of Castelfranco V.to under the guidance of Maestro G. Giampaoletti, also perfecting himself with important names on the world scene (J.M. Londeix, J.Y. Formeau, F. Mondelci, M. Marzi). He then studied Organ and Organ Composition with Maestro G. Libertucci and obtained a master's degree in Orchestral Conducting with Maestro A. Tamayo at the prestigious Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, perfecting himself on the music of the '900 and contemporary.
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After winning the first prize in numerous national and international competitions, he has performed in Italy, Russia, the United States, Brazil, Australia, Mozambique, Georgia, Lithuania, Spain, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia and Vatican City, playing in festivals such as the "Ravenna Festival", the World Saxophone Congress, the "Siberia-Asia-Europe" Festival and the "US Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium". As a soloist he has interpreted the most important pages of the classical repertoire such as J. Ibert, A. Glazunov, H. Villa-Lobos, D. Milhaud. He has performed with the Orchestras of the Teatro Lirico in Trieste, "I Pomeriggi Musicali" in Milan, the "Krasnoyarsk Chamber Orchestra", the Orchestra Mitteleuropa, the "Bachau Philharmonic" and the Orchestra Regionale Filarmonia Veneta.
He is part of the MAC Saxophone Quartet, one of the most active and long-lived quartets on the national scene, with whom he has made appreciated artistic projects and recordings. He has recorded for EMI, Parco della Musica Records, ArteSuono, Audio Records, Diastema.
He has collaborated with important artists of the classical, jazz and pop music scene, such as R. Plano, Elisa, The Kolors, R. Giuliani, L. Cottifogli, A. Mesirca, performing on RAI TV, Mediaset, Sky, Rai Radio 3 and numerous foreign TV channels. Very active on the contemporary side, compositions have been dedicated to him by G. M. Durighello, R. Molinelli, D. Eres-Brun, D. Lazzaron and P Gasparin. He pays particular attention to crossover projects.
He has been conductor of the "I Virtuosi della Marca" Orchestra, of the award-winning Val Canzoi choir and of the Ensemble Chiostro Armonico with which he has tackled ancient and contemporary repertoire.
He teaches saxophone at the "A. Steffani" Conservatory in Castelfranco Veneto and regularly holds masterclasses in Italian and foreign academies. He has recently started a collaboration with important saxophonists on the Italian scene that led to the birth of the Rhapsody Saxophone Quartet.
He is the Artistic Director of the "Treviso International Saxophone Festival".
