About

(versione in italiano)

photo by Walter Miglio

Singer, composer and flutist, was born in 1961 in Milan, Italy, where he still lives.

Graduate at the Conservatoire “G. Verdi” (Milan, Italy), he was formed and matured in different musical areas as progressive rock, jazz, opera, ancient and contemporary music.

He dedicated himself to jazz and vocal improvisation studies, with artists such as: Maggie Nicols, Bob Stoloff, Jay Clayton, André Minvielle, Fabrizio Cassol.

He worked also as a socio-educationalist, singing teacher and chorister.

His eclecticism has led him to collaborate, among others with: Zètema Orchestra (with Steve Lacy, Glenn Ferris, Gianluigi Trovesi, Paolo Fresu), Cantosospeso Choir (with Nana Vasconcelos, Miriam Makeba), Bruno Tommaso, Gianni Lenoci, Ferdinando Faraò & Artchipel Orchestra (also with Mike & Kate Westbrook), Micrologus Ensemble, Chorus of the Teatro Regio in Turin (under the direction, among others, of Semyon Bichkov, Pinchas Steinberg), Athestis Chorus (under the direction, among others, of Myun Wun Chung, Jeffrey Tate), Teatro alla Scala (Milan), Teatro La Fenice (Venice), Piccolo Teatro (Milan).

He created and directed the vocal groups: Voice Band / Concerto per sole voci (with Anna Lauverganc, Maurizio Nobili, Monika Trotz), Errant Vocalise (with Maryam Soumare-Dahan, Richard Greenslade), Babelin ‘Tongues (with Shinobu Kikuchi, Karin Mensah), One More Language (with Shinobu Kikuchi, Francesca Breschi, Beñat Achiary, Carlo Rizzo, etc …).

He has performed in concerts and opera productions in Europe, Brazil, Japan and Lebanon participating, among others, the festival “Errobiko Festibala” in Itxassou and “Le Fruit des voix” in Lons Le Saunier (France), “Resonanzen” in Vienna (Austria), “Clusone Jazz”, “Bordighera Jazz & Blues,” “Progetto Jazz” (Cremona), “Gezziamoci” (Matera), “Jazz in Bocconi (Milan), in Italy.

Since 1989 he works as singing teacher (jazz, popular music, vocal ensemble) in public and private schools and, more recently, in some Conservatories (Genoa, Venice, Trieste, Perugia a. o.) in Italy.