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He began his activity as a composer very young, following his studies at Cherubini Conservatory of Florence, and especially at the School of Music of Fiesole, where he came into contact with the class of Manzoni and follows the work of the major musical personalities on the international scene. His production, under the sign of a fertile creativity (currently his official catalog consists of 104 works, including chamber music, symphonic works 2 works for theater, etc. ..), won acclaim and awards from major names in the world music, was in fact awarded by Berio, Fedele, Rhim, Morricone, Nishimura, Corghi, Bussotti, Solbiati, Halfter, Vacchi, Sciarrino, Noseda, Claudio Abbado, Osokawa, Luis De Pablo, Talmelli and many more ... His works have been performed by famous orchestras and chamber groups, including the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra RAI Symphony, Symphonic Orchestra of the Slovak Radio Orchestra, the National Estonia, Orchestra of Colors in Athens, SPCO Chamber Orchestra in Minnesosa, Orchestra "Musical Afternoons" in Milan, Chamber Orchestra of Florence, and The Daedalus Ensemble, Fontana Mix, Academy Quartet, Ensemble Gaudeamus, Templum Floridum, Ensemble Italian, etc. ... He also have collaborated with great musicians as pianist Andrea Lucchesini, the violinist Lorenza Borrani, Siringo, Dillon, Ancillotti Attademo, etc. ... and greats directors as Gianandrea Noseda, Chikara Iwamura, Daniel Gazon, Miltos Logiadis, Edward Rosadini, Daniel Kawka, etc. ..
He has had publications by: Suvini Zerboni, RaiTrade, Sconfinarte, Eurarte, Prize Bucchi, Le Monnier, Fondazione Guido d'Arezzo, Hudobne Centrum Slovakia. In 2008 the School of Music of Fiesole has dedicated to the composer the event monographic “Music and Culture” (previously devoted to figures such as Kurtag, Berio, Sciarrino, Fedele, Vacchi etc ...) He collaborates regularly with the magazine "Guitars" as a supervisor of scores and graphic musical. He has realized as author the training manuals for primary schools “Contexts Musicals” and “Contexts Musicals Guide to the Teacher” (Ed. Le Monnier & Knopf). In May 2008 he was professor of the master-class analysis for the OGI ‘s Academy. For the theater has collaborated with various writers, actors, choreographers, including Stephen Massini, Sandro Lombardo, Michele Placido, Ottavia Piccolo, Milena Vukotic, Keith Ferrone, Native, etc. ... In March 2009 he was professor of "Graphics in Contemporary Music" at European Academy of the Quartet. He is the new artistic adviser of the Ensemble Counterpoint. Actually he's teacher at the Music School of Fiesole in composition, musical analysis, word-processing and complementary harmony.
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