Biography
Biografia
Born in Prato on 21/07/1972, and now living in Fossalta di Portogruaro (VE).I attended the E. Berlendis’s piano course at the G. Verdi Music School in Prato and the C. Vaira’s Composition Course at the P. Mascagni Conservatory in Livorno where I graduated with a degree in Piano in 1997 and the degree in Composition in 2001 with full marks. In 1997 and 1998 I successfully attended the courses organized by the school in MassaCarrara and Livorno, in Tuscany province, (courses promoted by the European Union) and obtained the qualifications of "Sound technician expert in MIDI technologies" and "Sound recording". Subsequently I participated as an assistant in the edition of the CD "Odi et Amo" at the “MIDI Music studio" of C. Vaira, and I also attended two internships at M. Baracchino of Livorno and Tempo reale of Luciano Berio in Florence. In 1998 I attended Mauro Grossi's jazz arrangement course at the Musical Institute in Livorno. In 1998 I started my career as a pianist in 3 orchestras in Tuscany, First I was in the band of Daniele Montenero and then in the band of Max de Palma, who was the singer in “DOMENICA IN” and “I FATTI VOSTRI” on RAI UNO. After that I joined the orchestra “Sonia & Soul Band "and "Zivago band ". So I played in clubs, like "Le Panteraie" in Montecatini Terme, "La Capannina" in Montepulciano, La “Bussola” in Viareggio, the "Ville Mon Amour" in Rimini. In 2004 I participated in an episode of "La vita in diretta" on RAI UNO conducted by Massimo Giletti with "Sonia & Soul Band".
In 2002 I started attending the course of modern singing taught by Stefania Scarinzi, Rossella Coci and the course of Musical Didactics and Modern Piano courses taught by Walter Savelli (famous pianist of Claudio Baglioni), therefore I’m able to teach modern music and create gingles and soundtracks. Being authorized to teach with the Walter Savelli’s method, I started teaching in Prato and online. On December 20th 2008, I attended in the final evening of the Piano Roland Festival Competition, a competition open to all Italian and Swiss pianists and I ended up the final competition. From July 2008 I started my career as a solo pianist (or duo with a female singer). I currently teach private theory and solfeggio lessons, complementary harmony, elements of composition, modern harmony, classical and modern piano, orchestration, pop arrangement and computer music programming. I’ve taught Music Education at the Secondary School "Don A. Toniatti" in Fossalta di Portogruaro and I am recently teaching Piano at the Liceo Musicale "XXV Aprile" in Portogruaro.
I also occasionally work as a pianist-singer in various five-star hotels in Italy and abroad; the followings are hotels 5 stars I’ve been working with:
• HOTEL DES BAINS KEMPINSKI, Saint Moritz
• HOTEL VICTORIA JUNGFRAU, Interlaken
• HOTEL EDEN ROC, Ascona
• HOTEL QUELLENHOF, Bad Ragaz
• ABANO GRAND HOTEL, Abano Terme
• HOTEL TRIESTE & VICTORIA, Abano Terme
• HOTEL DANIELI, Venice
• SAVOY BEACH HOTEL, Bibione
• HOTEL FOUR SEASONS, Florence
• HOTEL EXCELSIOR, Florence
