Education
Having graduated with full marks, full honours and distinction from the Niccolo Piccini State Conservatorium of music in Bari in Pierluigi Camicia’s class and after having completed a postgraduate course at the Musikhochschule Mannheim (Germany) in Ragna Schirmer’s class, he finished his studies in the Musikhochschule Bern (Switzerland) with Rada Petkova. He also attended Masterclasses with prestigious teachers such as J. Achucarro, K. H. Kaemmerling and Jerome Lowenthal, J. Soriano, O.Yablonskaya.
Career
He is considered one of the most refined living Italian pianists and he is also active in the promotion of classical music in today"s culture. He started to play piano at the age of six with Flavio Peconio. At the age of 17 he performed with the Orchestra Sinfonica of Bari the Beethoven "s Fantasy for choir and orchestra operation
80 conducted by Nicola Scardicchio.
In 2006 he had his debut at Carnegie Hall in New York and he performed concerts also in Little Rock (Arkansas), United States. In 2007 he toured extensively in Indonesia where he also gave Masterclasses. He performed recitals in Jakarta and Surabaya.
In 2008 he did his debut in the Wiener Saal in Salzburg. He is finalist at Gina Bachauer Piano Competition in Salt Lake City.
He has given concerts and recitals in New York, Mexico City, Sydney, Melbourne, Jakarta, Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, la Valletta, Milan, Lima, Barcelona, Innsbruck, Venice, Hong Kong, Rome, Cheong Ju, Hamamatsu, Little Rock, Cologne, Geneva, Amsterdam, Guatemala, Mannheim, Berne and Bari.
He has been invited to play at the following Music Festivals: Sommets du classique, International Spring Festival, Cantiere internazionale di musica Contemporanea, Festival della Musica Contemporanea in Lima, Ascoli Piceno Festival, Festival Liszt in Milan, Raices 2015 Mexico. He has been soloist with International Coffee Organization Orchestra Provincia di Bari, International Coffee Organization Orchestra della Magna Grecia, Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfonica de Michoacan. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Suwon in South of of Korea and the Norwegian Academy of Music, Escuela Superior de musica in Mexico City.