* 1969
Italian composer and conductor, born in Milan 1969. He starts very young his musical training (violin, piano, organ and composition) in Trieste; in 1995 he graduates in composition at the Milan Conservatory with Azio Corghi, while attending the orchestra conducting at the Vienna Academy. In 1995, following the award of two scholarships, he attends the annual master classes held by the "Accademia G:Petrassi" of Arturo Toscanini Foundation in Parma and by Informatic Acoustic Center "Agon" in Milan. He attends the master classes at the "Academy of Santa Cecilia" in Rome, where he obtains his Master Degree in 1997; he is also awarded the S.I.A.E. prize" (Italian Authors and Publishers' Association) as the most outstanding graduate of all courses held in S.Cecilia that year. After the academic studies, he conducted his own compositions as well as works of the traditional repertoire, in Italy and abroad. In 1998 he attends Masterclasses with final Degree in conducting with Maestro Yuri Ahronovich, becoming later only assistant of Maestro Alexander Rahbari, working continuously with him in Madrid, Zagreb, Palermo, Bruxelles, Vienna, Bern, Istambul and Prague. His catalogue includes symphonic works, chamber, vocal and stage music, published by BMG Ricordi, Sonzogno, Bérben and Pizzicato. Some works of his have been recorded on CD and were broadcast by RAI (Italian Broadcast Corporation) and RTV Koper (Slovenija). Il May 1999 some of his works have been successfully performed in New York at The Jullijard School of Music.
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