o   1992

·        Attended a course in organology and maintenance, with Ugo Casiglia, at the "Renaissance Music Week" in Erice (Italy).

 

o   1996/1997

·        Studied with Emilia Fadini at "Scuola Musicale di Milano" (fortepiano and clavichord).

 

o   1999

·        Graduated in Harpsichord at the Conservatory "Vincenzo Bellini" (Catania), where he studied with Salvatore Carchiolo.

 

o   1999/2000

·        Studied harpsichord with Bob van Asperen at the "Sweelinck Conservatory" in Amsterdam.

   

o   2001

·        Won the 2nd prize at the international harpsichord competition "Dino Caravita" in Fusignano (Italy).

 

 

 

    As a performer he attended masterclasses with:

Bob van Asperen (harpsichord); Emilia Fadini (clavichord and fortepiano); J. B. Christensen (basso continuo); Gordon Murray (harpsichord); Joachim Achucarro (piano); Paul Badura-Skoda (piano)

    He performed, among others, with Luigi Mangiocavallo (Concerts for three harpsichords and orchestra, by J. S. Bach) and Alain Lombard (concerts by A. Vivaldi).

    As a maintainer and tuner of early keyboard instruments, he worked for, among others:

I Solisti Veneti, l'Europa Galante, Andrea Coen, i Musici, i Solisti Aquilani, i Virtuosi di Mosca, i Wiener Barock, Gustav Leonhardt, Christophe Rousset, Fabio Bonizzoni, i Sonatori De La Gioiosa Marca.

    His instruments have been played by several great harpsichordist and ensemble, among others:

Bob van Asperen, Andreas Staier, Andrea Coen, Francesco Corti, Ensemble Responsorium, Ensemble Correspondances, Zefiro, Europa Galante and several others.

    During the last years he has been working in piano-tuning and maintenance, attending regularly meetings and conferences held by A.I.A.R.P. (associazione italiana accordatori riparatori pianoforti).