He graduated in saxophone from the Conservatory "N. Piccinni" in Bari, where he studied under Fabio Sammarco, before perfecting his skills with Marco Gerboni.
Subsequently, he devoted himself to an intense activity in chamber music, first with the Fandango Sax Quartet, then with Eclectic Duo (saxophone and piano), a project dedicated to music from the second half of the 20th century and to contemporary music.
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For several years he has collaborated regularly with the Orchestra of the Petruzzelli Theatre, as well as with the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra of the Metropolitan City of Bari, with which he has performed as a soloist on works by Glazunov and Borne. He has worked under the direction of renowned conductors such as Renato Palumbo, Michele Marvulli, Giampaolo Bisanti, Gunther Neuhold, Nir Kabaretti, Luis Bacalov, Marco Angius, Grzegorz Nowak and Sascha Goetzel.
He has also performed alongside Pino Minafra & La Banda at prestigious European festivals and in renowned concert halls, including the Berlin Philharmonie, the Gasteig in Munich, the Auditorium La Seine Musicale and the Basilica of Saint-Denis in Paris, the Opéra de Lille and the Helmut List Halle in Graz.
Since 2017, he has been teaching the discipline "Performance and Interpretation - Saxophone" at the Lycée Musical de l'Internat National "Cirillo" in Bari.
In 2020, the IMD (International Music Diffusion) published his transcription of the Fantasy on an original theme by Jules Demersseman for solo alto saxophone and saxophone ensemble.
He is currently a saxophone professor at the "E. R. Duni" Conservatory in Matera.
