Born in Naples in 1963, he began studying double bass under Franco Petracchi, continuing his training with him in Fiesole and at the Walter Stauffer Academy in Cremona. Alongside his academic studies, he developed a strong passion for bass performance and jazz music. At the age of 18, he began working professionally in the pop field, accompanying well-known singers of the time, and in jazz ensembles ranging from trio and quartet to big band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1985, after passing auditions and competitions for orchestral double bass positions, he began his professional classical career with orchestras with which he established ongoing collaborations, including the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, the Scarlatti Orchestra of RAI Naples, and the National Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome (with which he worked continuously until 1994). He also performed with the RAI Symphony Orchestra in Rome and collaborated with chamber groups such as Roma Sinfonietta, the Chamber Ensemble of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Camerata Strumentale di Napoli, and the contemporary music ensemble \u201cG. Petrassi\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Between 1994 and 1997 he served as principal double bass in seasonal opera orchestras and in the Philharmonic Orchestra of the National Theatre of Zagreb (shortly after its reopening following the war). From 1990 to 2002 he took part in numerous recording sessions at the Forum Studios in Rome, many of them with Ennio Morricone for film soundtracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As an orchestral double bassist he has collaborated with conductors such as Daniel Oren, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Lorin Maazel, Georges Pr\u00eatre, Karl Martin and Piero Bellugi. In chamber music he has performed with Salvatore Accardo, Rocco Filippini, Gary Karr, Reiner Kusmaul (concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic), Bruno Canino, Katia Ricciarelli and others.
He has also appeared occasionally on the Italian jazz scene, collaborating with Sal Nistico, Garrison Fewell, Dan Moretti (Berklee Boston), Riccardo Biseo, Ellade Bandini, Lucrezio De Seta and Lucio Turco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1999 and 2000 he was part of the band in the musical Hello Dolly, performed at Teatro di Trieste, Palavobis in Milan and Teatro Sistina in Rome. Between 2006 and 2014, together with cellist Luisella Ghirello, he performed in a cello and double bass duo, with which he recorded It\u2019s Time Too\u2026 in 2011 at the Teatro Comunale in Ferrara. From 2009 to 2020 he was a member of the crossover quartet \u201cDuo + 2 Quartet\u201d. In 2018 he took part in Max Gazz\u00e8\u2019s Alchemaya tour. In 2020 he gave his final recitals for double bass and piano with Lorenzo Bavaj in Pesaro at the Rossini Conservatoire and in Faenza at Teatro Fellini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has performed with numerous ensembles in Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Austria and New York. Since 1996 he has taught double bass at Italian conservatoires; from 2006 to 2012 he also taught electric bass at the Frescobaldi Conservatoire in Ferrara.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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