Born in Genoa, he graduated in Cello under Nevio Zanardi at the Paganini Conservatoire in Genoa. He has taken part in various competitions, winning first prize on several occasions (Stresa, Genoa) both as a soloist and in chamber ensembles. He attended advanced courses and masterclasses with renowned performers such as R. Filippini, A. Janigro, A. Bylsma, and Yo-Yo Ma. He obtained a diploma of merit at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena in advanced chamber music courses taught by Piero Farulli. In 1988\u201389 he was a member of the European Baroque Orchestra and of the Italian Youth Orchestra as principal cello, studying with T. Koopman, J. Ter Linden, the Trio di Trieste, P. Farulli, A. Faja, G. Caramia, and A. Nannoni.
He has collaborated with prestigious symphony orchestras such as the RAI Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, and as principal cello with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Galician Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra Internazionale d\u2019Italia, the Teatro Bellini Orchestra in Catania, and the Scarlatti Orchestra of Naples. He has performed under the baton of major conductors including Giulini, Sinopoli, Solti, Previn, Abbado, Sawallisch, Ozawa, Chung, Davis, Imbal, and Mehta, and in 1997 he was invited by Kurt Masur to play with the New York Philharmonic as principal cello.
Founder of the Nuovo Gruppo Strumentale Italiano, in 1996 he established the ensemble I Cameristi Toscani. He has maintained an intense teaching activity, teaching cello in Valdelsa and collaborating with numerous schools. In 2002 he formed a cello orchestra (18 members) in Siena, performing throughout Europe; in 2012 the CellOrchestra of the Conservatoire of Palermo was created with 25 members. He has made recordings for RAI, RTL and BBC and has recorded for Decca, Sony, RCA and Dynamic.
Since 2003 he has been director and president of the Accademia di Musica della Valdelsa. Since 2009 he has been a member of the boards of AIDSM and AIDSM Toscana. He has taught cello in various conservatoires and music schools (Recanati, Trento, Montepulciano, Palermo, Poggibonsi, Siena, Tavarnelle). Since 2004 he has collaborated with the Radicondoli Music School \u201cFoundation pour la Musique\u201d, where he teaches cello using the ABRSM method. In 2011 he was invited to teach at the Al Kamandj\u00e2ti Association in Palestine, at the Moscow State Conservatory, and at the Turku Conservatory in Finland. Since 2018 he has been Professor of Cello at the Rossini Conservatoire in Pesaro, where since 2019 he has co-founded, together with Claudio Casadei, the Rossini Cellos Orchestra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Born in Genoa, he graduated in Cello under Nevio Zanardi at the Paganini Conservatoire in Genoa. He has taken part in various competitions, winning first prize on several occasions (Stresa, Genoa) both as a soloist and in chamber ensembles. He attended advanced courses and masterclasses with renowned performers such as R. Filippini, A. Janigro, A. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":847716,"parent":593244,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-parts\/docenti-child.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-592768","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n