At the same time as his humanistic studies (Degree in Musicology – University of Bologna), he attended the courses of Composition and Orchestral Conducting at the “Arrigo Boito” Conservatory of Parma, his hometown.
He attended numerous specialization courses, in Italy and abroad, with illustrious masters (Dervaux, Galliera, De Bernart, Bodmer, Bellugi, Franco Ferrara).
He concluded his training with Leonard Bernstein at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.
Awarded in prestigious international competitions (Besançon/1986; Sanremo/1989), was the winner of the first Young Conductors Selection 1989 organized in Florence by the Orchestra della Toscana.He carries out his activity as a conductor in Italy and abroad. He has conducted numerous of the most renowned Italian and foreign orchestral institutions.
It has in its repertoire the most representative pages of the great authors of symphonic music, from the Baroque period to the present day. He also has to his credit World Premieres of contemporary music. In the operatic field he directed “Orfeo ed Euridice”, “Il Signor Bruschino”, “Caterina di Guisa”, “Tosca”, “Didone ed Enea”, “Così fan tutte”, “Otello”, “Il barbiere di Siviglia”. Engaged in the didactic field, he teaches Orchestral Training and Orchestral Conducting at the “Rossini” Conservatory of Pesaro.