He graduated in Piano with Antonio Pulleghini, Composition with Luigi Verdi, Choral Music and Choral Conducting with Mario Pagotto, subsequently graduating with 110 cum laude and obtaining the Second Level Academic Diploma in musical disciplines in compositional address at the State Conservatory of Music “A. Buzzolla” of Adria.
He specialized in Composition with Bruno Coltro (pupil of Gian Francesco Malipiero), Luigi Donorà (pupil of Luigi Dallapiccola), Bruno Bettinelli, Goffredo Petrassi, Alessandro Solbiati, Enrico Pisa, Leonello Capodaglio. He also graduated from the Civica Scuola di Musica in Milan with Mauro Bonifacio and from the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena with Azio Corghi. Again, with Azio Corghi, he graduated from the three-year specialization course of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome with 10 out of 10 (diploma issued by the President-Superintendent Luciano Berio).
He studied orchestration with the American composer Jon Ward Bauman.
He has been awarded in national and international composition competitions including:
“Premio Valentino Bucchi” (Rome 1992, 1993, 1994),
International Music Tournament (Rome, 1999),
“City of Pavia International Composition Competition” (1999),
Principe “Antonio De Curtis” International Competition of Naples (2001), INMC 2000 Composition Competition of New York, (USA).
He received the Jahrespreis 2001 from the STAB Foundation of Zurich (Switzerland) and was awarded at the 2002 “Opera Prima Talenti” competition, organized by Casa Ricordi and the Milan Music Festival.
He obtained the Special Award Out of Competition for High Cultural Merit from the Cultural and Theatrical Association “La Luce dell’Arte” of Rome and the Civic Merit from the City of Adria, as a “composer of clear fame”.
His works have been performed in Italy and abroad at important halls, theaters and festivals including: 78° Stagione Camerata Musicale Barese (Bari), Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna – Sala Mozart (Bologna), Festival Internazionale Nuova Danza (Cagliari), Conservatory “G.P. da Palestrina” of Cagliari, Amici della Musica di Acri (Cosenza), Estense Castle (Mesola, Ferrara), Estate Musicale di Ferrara (Ferrara), Salone dei Cinquecento – Palazzo Vecchio (Florence), GAMO (Florence), Teatro Nicolini (Florence), Teatro Reims (Florence), Istitut Français (Florence), Conservatory “L. Cherubini” of Florence (FI), Expo of Milan 2015 (Milan), Auditorium “G. Verdi” (Milan), Piccolo Teatro Grassi (Milan), Sala “G. Puccini” (Milan), Festival Internazionale Lago D’Orta, Reggia Reale di Monza, Teatro Diana (Naples), Sala dei Giganti (Padua), Omizzolo-Peruzzi Foundation (Padua), Circolo Pedrocchi-Palazzo Giusti (Padua), Conservatory “C. Pollini” of Padua, Conservatory “G. Rossini” of Pesaro, Festival Nuova Consonanza (Rome), Auditorium Parco della Musica (Rome), Teatro Stabile “R. Greco” (Rome), Teatro Marcello – Festival Musicale delle Nazioni (Rome), Festival Nuovi Spazi Musicali-Accademia d’Ungheria (Rome), Conservatory “S. Cecilia” of Rome, Teatro Comunale (Adria, Rovigo), National Archaeological Museum of Adria (Rovigo), Società Concerti “A. Buzzolla” (Adria, RO), Conservatory “A. Buzzolla” of Adria (RO), Cattedrale S.S Pietro e Paolo (Adria, RO), Teatro “B.C. Ferrini” Adria (RO), Sala degli Arazzi Accademia dei Concordi (Rovigo), Salone dei Concerti Palazzo “Venezze” (Rovigo), Accademia Chigiana (Siena), Morellino Classica Festival (Tuscany), Festival Antidogma Musica (Turin), Circolo dei lettori (Turin), Rivagauche Concerti (Turin), Festival Trieste Classica (Trieste), Conservatory “G.Tartini” of Trieste, Asolo Musica (TV), Exodus Festival (Venetian), Palazzo Zenobio (Venice), Scuola Grande di San Rocco (Venice), Abbazia di San Giorgio Maggiore (Venice), Gran Teatro La Fenice (Venice), Museo Hemingway, Bassano del Grappa (VI), Conservatory “A. Pedrollo” of Vicenza, Ruspoli Castle (Vignanello, Viterbo), Musica Nuova Festival, Senigallia (Ancona), Sternberg Palace (Vienna, Austria), National Gallery of Australia (Canberra, Australia), Conservatory of Tatuì (San Paolo, Brazil), Maestro Jose Siqueira, João Pessoa Concert Hall, Paraíba, (Brazil), Hall of the National Radio (Sofia, Bulgaria), HKBU Academic Community Hall (Hong Kong – China), “Nei Suoni dei Luoghi” International Music Festival (Croatia), Millennium Amphitheater, Dubai Expo 2020 (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), University of Paris (France), Arabesque Classical Dance School, Templeuve (France), Ajaccio Museum of Fine Arts (Corsica, France), “Einstein” Auditorium (Bochum, Germany), High School of Music and Theater Munich (Germany), Shibuya Concert Hall and Akat Concert Hall (Tokyo, Japan), Michelangelo Hall (Nairobi, Kenya), National Ballet Opera Theater “A. Maldibaieva”, Malachite Hall, (Bisk, Kyrgyz Republic), Youngsanarthall (Seoul, South Korea), Gray Jungle (Jakarta, Indonesia), Roman Theater of Leptis Magna (Tripoli, Libya), Trinity Philharmonia (Leon, Mexico), Museu do Dinheiro – Bank Of Portugal, Lisbon (Portugal), Pro Art Festival (Prague, Czech Republic), Italian Institute of Culture in Prague (Czech Republic), September Săptămâna Internaţională a Muzicii – Colegiul Național de Arte “Ion Vidu” of Timișoara (Romania), Ljubljana Congress Institute – Italian Cultural Institute of Ljubljana (Slovenia), Hall of Remembrance, Pisino D’Istria (Slovenia), Museo Nacional de Arte Romano (Merida, Spain), Teatre Municipal, Morella (Spain), Stockholm New Music Festival (Sweden), Gothenburg Lutheran Cathedral (Sweden), Grand-Champ Theater Gland (Switzerland), Gemeinshaftzentrum (Zurich, Switzerland), National Taiwan Normal University Recital Hall (Taipei – Republic of China – Taiwan), Devlet Konservatuvari – Anadolu University (Eskişehir, Turkey), F. Chopin University of Warsaw (Poland), Lutoslawsky Museum (Nysie, Poland), Basilic of St. Hedwig in Trzebnica (Poland), Europejski Festival Smaku-Basilica Lublin (Poland), Summer Organ Festival -Arkhangelsk Museum Reserve, Barnau Philharmonic (Russia), Irkutsk Philharmonic (Irkutsk, Russia), Italian Cultural Institute of Moscow (Russia), “P. I. Tchaikovsky” Conservatory (Moscow, Russia), Pushkin Museum, Sviatoslav Richter House Museum, Museum State Central of Musical Culture “M. I. Glinka”, Rachmaninoff Museum, Kuskovo Palace, Art Center, Old English House, Gogol Museum, Alexander Shilov State Art Gallery, State Historical Museum – Red Square (Moscow, Russia), Museum of Military Uniforms (Moscow ), Tsaritsyno Historical Museum, Art Gallery Niko Nikogosyan, Moscow (Russia), Murmansk Philharmonic, State Philharmonic Society (Novosibirsk, Russia), Penza Philharmonic (Penza, Russia), Perm Philharmonic, Omsk Philharmonic, “Rimsky Conservatory-Korsakov” of St. Petersburg (Russia), Petri Kirche-Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg (Russia), Togliatti Museum of Fine Art (Togliatti, Samara, Russia), Tver Philharmonic (Tver, Russia), Ufa Philharmonic Society (Russia), Vyatka Philharmonic (Kirov, Russia), Odessa Literary Museum (Ukraine), Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra (Budapest, Hungary), Kodàly Center, Pècs (Hungary), Schwartz Center for Performing Arts of Emory University (Atlanta, USA) , Castro Valley Center of Arts (California, USA), Collora Concert Hall (Dallas, USA), Historic Palace Theater (Lockport, NY, USA), Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles (USA), Sala Rossellini (Los Angeles, USA ), Carnegie Hall (New York, USA), Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò-New York University (USA), Istituto Italiano di Cultura (New York, USA), Pushkin Society in America (New York, USA), MIM – Musical Instrument Museum (Phoenix, USA), Italian Cultural Institute (S. Francisco, USA).
His compositions have been performed by Orchestra Ars Armonica (Bergamo), Sentieri Selvaggi (Milan), Cappella Musicale Basilica S. Francesco di Ravenna, by the Turin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Italian String Orchestra, Glazunov Chamber Orchestra (Rome), Orchestra Sinfonica de la Provincia de Tucumán (Argentina), Orquestra Sinfônica da Paraíba (Brazil), Chamber Orchestra of Chuy (Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic), Orchestra Renacimiento (León, Mexico), Orchestra Sinfonica im Karola Namyslowskiego di Zamosc (Poland) , Choir of the Belgorod Philharmonic (Russia), Udmurtia Academic Choir (Russia), Kazan Chamber Orchestra (Russia), String Ensemble of the Yakutia Philharmonic Orchestra (Russia), Soloists of the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra of Moscow (Russia), Soloists of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Orchestra (Russia), Orquesta Sinfónica de Leganés (Spain), Northwest Missouri State University Spring Orchestra (USA), Castro Valley Symphony Orchestra (California, USA), The Denver Mandolin Orchestra (USA), The Mandoleers (Washington D.C., USA), Marion Philharmonic Orchestra (USA). The main broadcasters have dedicated interviews to him and broadcast his compositions such as: Radio Bogotà (Colombia), Klassika Raadio (Tallin, Estonia), Radio Muza (Tbilisi, Georgia), Radio WDR Cologne (Germany), SR2 (Saarbrücken, Germany ), Movingclassics (Munich, Germany), BFBS (United Kingdom), RTÉ Lyric (Ireland), RAI-Radio 3 and V° Canale Filodiffusione RAI (Rome, Italy), D Major TV (Milan, Italy), Radio Libertà (Milan, Italy), Radio Voce nel Deserto (Italy), Venice Classic Radio (Italy), Concertzender (Hilversum, Holland), Rossija Kultura TV (Moscow, Russia), RTVE (Spanish Radio and Television), Radio ITU (Istanbul, Turkey), Radio Budapest (Hungary), WBFO, Buffalo (New York, USA), WNYC Radio (New York, USA), WQXR Radio (New York, USA), WPRB Radio (Princeton, USA), Vatican Radio (Vatican City). He has published for editions Bardon Enterprises (United Kingdom), Bayard Nizet (Belgium), Bèrben (Ancona, Italy), Carrara (Bergamo, Italy), Edizioni Curci (Milan, Italy), Harrock Hall (USA), RaiTrade (Rome, Italy), Rugginenti (Milan, Italy).
His compositions are recorded by AlfaMusic, Ariston, Brilliant, Diapason Records, Phoenix Classics, Rara Records, Tactus, Vdm Records. He is quoted in Dizionario Enciclopedico Universale della Musica e dei Musicisti UTET (Torino) and in A Directory of Composer for Organ by John Henderson Publishing (United Kingdom) and in Composer Genealogies di Scott Pfitzinger published by Rowman Littlefield filed with the Library of Congress of Washington (USA).
He is a member and former technical commissioner of the SIAE, Society of Authors and Publishers of Rome.
He is a member of the National Union of Composers, Librettists and Authors of Milan and was the Representative for Italy of the European Composer Forum in Vienna.
He was a member of the Evaluation Team, Academic Advisor and coordinator of the Department of Theory, Harmony Analysis, Composition and Orchestra Conducting of the Adria Conservatory.
He is an honorary member of the Adriese Choral Society and has also been part of various competition juries.
He has works for theatre, dance, orchestral, vocal and instrumental music including the ballet Kisetsu No Iro (The Color of the Seasons), Addio alla Danza (dedicated to the memory of Carla Fracci) and the opera-musical Madam Senator, based on a text by the Italian-American playwright Mario Fratti. The patron and esthete Lawrence Dow Lovett commissioned some compositions from him including the Big Apple Concerto for clarinet and orchestra and String Quartet No. 1 “Dance”.
He was inspired by the sculptures of Zurab Tsereteli and collaborated with the painter Alexander Maksovich Shilov, to whom he dedicated some of his works including Paintings from the Shilov Gallery, Landscapes of the Seasons, Shilov Suite, Two Paintings by Alexander Shilov, Childhood Portraits.
In the field of sacred music, he composed Crucifixus dedicated to His Holiness Pope Francis, Salve Regina dedicated to H.R.H. Princess Karina Bagration Moukharansky and Agnus Dei for the Beatification of Father Francesco Maria Jordan, founder of the Order of Salvatorians commissioned by Dominika Zamara.
He taught at the “Bonporti” State Music Conservatories of Trento, “G. Frescobaldi” of Ferrara, “G. Puccini” of La Spezia, “O. Respighi” of Latina, “G. Nicolini” of Piacenza, “G. Verdi” in Milan.
He is a tenured teacher of Theory, Rhythmics and Musical Perception, Ear Training and Semiography at the State Conservatory of Music “A. Buzzolla” of Adria.