Graduated from the "N.Piccinni" Conservatory with honourable mention in Piano performance with Angela Montemurro Lentini. After that pupil of Fausto Zadra at the International Piano School in Lausanne (Switzerland) and of Aquiles Delle Vigne at the "Alfred Cortot" Ecole Normale in Paris (France).  

Student at the masterclasses of Sergio Fiorentino, Jorg Demus, Gyorgy Sandor, Paul Badura Skoda, Michele Marvulli, Luiz De Moura Castro, Lev Natochenny, Vladimir Feltsmann, and of Pavel Vernikov, Igor Oistrach, Konstantin Bogino and “Trio of Trieste” for chamber music, being awarded several scholarships.

Laureate in several piano competitions: first prize at the “F.P.Neglia” International Piano Competition of Enna (Italy) and at the Nationals Piano Competitions of Osimo, Lametia T. and Caserta (Italy); second prize at the AMSA World Piano Competition of Cincinnati (Ohio - USA), the International competitions of Pinerolo, Lucca, Morcone (Italy); third prizen at the International Competition of Senigallia (Italy).

Solo recitals in Europe and USA (Milan, Arezzo, Rome, Perugia, Meran, Neaples, Ravello, Bari, Taranto, Pescara, Campobasso, Paris, Nice, Lausanne, Lugano, Mannheim, Madrid, Bilbao, Adana, Hartford, Cincinnati).  Orchestral appearances with the symphonic orchestras  of Pescara, Bari, Taranto, with the Italian Philharmonics of Trento, the Italian Symphonietta of Bergamo, the Insubric Orchestra, the Turkish State Symphony Orchestra, the Camerata Mozart of Lausanne and other chamber orchestras conducted by Marc Andreae, Maurizio Billi, Umberto Cattini,  Josif Conta, Beat Hofstetter, Julius Kalmar, Francesco Lentini, Domenico Molinini, Roberto Misto, Aldo Sisillo, Fausto Zadra. Chamber music performances of the repertoire for Duo, Quartet and Quintet with strings in Italy, Belgium (De Singel Auditorium), Switzerland.

Radio recordings for the 2nd National Italian Network and for WGUC of Cincinnati, USA. CD recordings for "Stradivarius".

Assistant to Prof. Zadra at the "Mediterranean Festival " of Cullera (Valencia), Spain and at the International Piano School of Lausanne. Assistant to Prof. Delle Vigne at "Bain de Musique Festival" of Flaine. Actually teacher in piano performance at the Conservatoire of Bari. Masterclasses at the "Aurofonie" Academy of Lugano (Switzerland).

 

 

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