Education
He studied composition at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Turin and piano with Franco Scala.
He studied composition at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Turin and piano with Franco Scala.
The prize included a record contract with Deutsche Grammophon, for whom he recorded three CDs in his late teens. He has appeared as a piano soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic, and numerous other orchestras worldwide. Conductors he has worked with include Claudio Abbado, Roberto Abbado, Myung-Whun Chung, Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, Valery Gergiev, Zubin Mehta, Mstislav Rostropovich, Neville Marriner, and many others
He has conducted the Deutsche Kammerorchester Frankfurt, and among compositions of his to be performed are a Sonatina (2004) premiered at the Hamburg Musikfest, Variations for Piano, premiered in Japan, and a Symphony premiered in Italy, as well as a Violin and Piano Sonata premiered in Italy with Stefano Mollo.
His discography includes three CDs for Directorate General, a recording of the original Fantasie version of the Schumann Piano Concerto with Mario Venzago and the Basel Symphony Orchestra for Hanssler, a Civil Defense of Chopin for Decca, and a Civil Defense of Debussy Préludes, Children"s Corner, and other works for Decca.