He has performed in over 400 concerts in Italy and abroad, recording for various television networks, including live broadcasts on RAI1 and RAI2 via Eurovision. He has also recorded several CDs for the Mediasat label in Milan, which were published by “Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.” Awarded in various national piano competitions, he won third prize at the II Biennale d’Arte e Poesia “Premio Salvatore Quasimodo” as a composer at just eleven years old. He also won the “Città di Viterbo 1999” Organ Competition (1st prize, Category A), the “Rocco Rodio 2003” Competition (absolute 1st prize, Organ in Chamber Ensemble category), and the “Rocco Rodio 2004” Competition (1st prize, Solo Organ category).
Since 2007, he has been the Titular Organist at the parish of S. Maria delle Grazie al Naviglio in Milan, where he conceived the III/P symphonic organ built by Daniele Michelotto in 2020, with the collaboration of designer Paolo Oreni. He is also the Artistic Director of the “Navigli in Armonia” festival at the same parish, the “Ars Artium eVolution” project, and the Musical Director of the Graf Choral Association in Milan.
As a composer and arranger of numerous works for voices, choir, and instruments—some published and recorded by the “Carrara” and “Eurarte” publishing houses—he has also written for the Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra Foundation and the Sacro Cuore Foundation in Milan. His suite “Divertimento Natalizio” for Choir and Symphony Orchestra was premiered by Maestro Ruben Jais at the Auditorium of Milan on December 20, 2008.
A promoter of cultural events, he conceived and directed the “First Alda Merini Memorial,” held on October 31, 2010, at the Church of S. Maria delle Grazie al Naviglio to commemorate the first anniversary of the poet’s passing. The event was attended by prominent Milanese authorities and received excellent reviews from journalists and television networks.
He began his musical studies under the guidance of his father, Giovanni, and continued them at the “N. Piccinni” Conservatory in Bari with Daniele Zini and Margherita Quarta, earning a diploma in Organ and Organ Composition with top honors. He studied Composition with Maestro Bepi Speranza and later at the “G. Verdi” Conservatory in Milan with Maestro Paolo Arcà. He attended advanced organ courses with Klemens Schnorr, Luigi Celeghin, Jean Guillou, and Olivier Latry; choral conducting courses with Maestro Marco Berrini; and orchestral conducting courses with Nicola Hansalik Samale and Maurizio Dones.