EDUCATION

While studying with the best teachers around Venice, he delved into various kinds of drumming styles from rock to metal, from jazz to latin, from reggae to funky.

Starting from 2003, he devoted himself to jazz, specializing with Marco Volpe in Milan. He then succeeded, in 2005, in entering into the higher grade of the Trieste Conservatory for jazz specialization.

In 2006 he obtained a scholarship for Berklee College’s summer workshop in Perugia.

In 2007 he obtained another scholarship for the Escola Superior de Música e das Artes e do Espectáculo (ESMAE) in Porto (Portugal), where he studied with Michael Lauren, Paulo Perfeito and Pedro Guedes.

In October 2008, he took part in the 20th edition of the International Jazz Workshop in Trier, Germany. In March 2009, he obtained his jazz bachelor with a final grade of 110/110 under the guide of Glauco Venier, Marcello Tonolo, Stefano Bellon and Klaus Gesing. In March 2012 he obtained his Master’s in Biennio interpretativo with honors, under the guide of Klaus Gesing, Alberto Mandarini and Giovanni Maier. He also had the chance to study and play with some international musicians, such as Ohad Talmor, Jacob Sacks, Ken Cervenka, Dave Howard, Shane Endsley, Matt Pavolka, Stefano Bollani, Marcello Alulli, David Boato, Andrea Lombardini, Pedro Madaleno, Uli Beckerhoff, Henning Berg, Christian Meyer, Mike Portnoy, John Riley, Trilok Gurtu, Alfredo Golino, Dan Weiss, Bruno Castellucci, Marco Tamburini and Bobby Previte. Over a long period of time, he also studied with Roberto Dani, both individually and during his permanent workshop “Forme Sonore”.

He studied Indian music with Aki Montoya.

He is an apprentice on the Sweet Medicine Sundance Path.