Born in Rome in 1963, begins his musical career as a jazz bassist, working with internationally renowned musicians and recording many CDs. Approached further to classical music, plays for many years a busy concert schedule throughout the world working as a solo bass with major opera companies and symphony like the Teatro Massimo of Palermo, the Orchestra Regionale Toscana and the Orchestra Regionale del Lazio.

 Parallel to his musical studies he obtains a degree in Physics with highest honours from the University of La Sapienza in Rome.

        He then devotes the Viola da Gamba under the guide of Paolo Pandolfo, and immediately began working with some of the most important early music ensembles such as "Elyma" by Gabriel Garrido, the ensemble of viols "Labyrinto" by Paolo Pandolfo, " Concerto Italiano " Rinaldo Alessandrini, with whom he performs many concerts in major international festivals and records more than forty recordings.

In 2005 he creates the Ensemble Mare Nostrum, a group created around the consort of viols and the music written for this training, but at the same time paying particular attention to the execution of works for organ and harpsichord, not escaping the fascination of working with other instruments and voice.

        Besides a significant presence in major international festivals, with Mare Nostrum in 2006 he records an original orchestration of JS Bach’s Orgelbuchlein for MA Recordings (USA) rewarded by French magazine Diapason with the Diapason d’Or Decouverte (May 2011),and in 2009 a collection of polyphony for the French label RICERCAR (Belgique) 5 Diapason (January 2010) and winner of the “Coup de Coeur 2010” of the “Academie Charles Cros” (France).

 In January 2012 he released for the Label RICERCAR a Cd of Madrigals and Canzona’s by Cherubino Waesich, Domenico Mazzocchi, Girolamo Frescobaldi and G.P da Palestrina, and in November 2012 will release a Cd dedicated to the Cantata’s of Marco Marazzoli for the label ARCANA (Italy).

 It’s been invited to give masterclasses at the Academie of Ambronay (France), Cuba, Pamplona (Spain), Foligno (Italy).

 From 2006 he is professor of Viola da Gamba at the High Conservatory "A. Casella" de L'Aquila (Italy).

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

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