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Born in Savona (Italy), he musically grew up in Europe: his path started in Italy at the “N. Paganini” Conservatory of Genoa, later he moved to Belgium where he studied with Prof. Eddy Vanoosthuyse at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent. The next step was in Switzerland, where he obtained his Master of Arts in Music Pedagogy at the Italian Switzerland Conservatory of Lugano. The journey came to an end in Belgium when he finished his course of study, getting his performance Master from the IMEP Conservatory of Namur.
He has also taken part in masterclasses with highly valued teachers and principal clarinet players of important European orchestras such as Rocco Parisi, Giuseppe Garbarino, Fabrizio Meloni, Alessandro Carbonare, Calogero Palermo, Paolo Beltramini, Corrado Orlando and many others.
He, in addition, has taken part in several international music competitions: he was awarded first prize unanimously by the Alessandria Music Competition, in 2015.
From 2017 he successfully auditioned and he collaborated with the International Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra of Switzerland, the State Opera Plovdiv and the State Opera Stara Zagora in Bulgaria and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liege in Belgium.
Since April 2017 he won a full time position with the State Opera Ruse and Philharmonic (Bulgaria) where he played as Co-principal clarinet until June 2020 when he won the same position at the State Opera Burgas (Bulgaria).