Tenor & soprano saxophone, clarinet, electronics.

EDUCATION
Music Conservatory in Udine (Italy), Jazz Mobile in New York (USA) with G.Coleman

COMPETITIONS
1° Prize “Best Tenor Player” Livorno 1996
2° Prize in Prato 1995 e with M.Abrams Four Rome 1995
1° Best New Talent Top Jazz 2003 (Italians Critics’ Pool)
“Moret d’Aur ” 2008
1 Best Reed Top Jazz 2009
1 Best Record Top Jazz 2010 Musica Jazz
1 Best Band Top Jazz 2010 Musica Jazz
Premio della Critica Musica 2010 sezione Jazz

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE: GROUPS
Valery Ponomarev Universal Language, Charles Persip Orchestra, Kaiser Lupowitz Trio, Simone Guiducci Gramelot Ensemble, Fabio Morgera Quintet, Marc Abrams Four, The Organ Trio, Kepto Orchestra, C.C.Orcestra, Renato Chicco Quartet, Giovanni Mazzarino Quartet & Quintet, Third Eye Big Band, Gaetano Riccobono Quintet, Zero Orchestra, Bruno Cesselli Quartet, Andrea Massaria Quintet with Flavio Boltro, Pentagono, Gaetano Valli Quintet, G.Cazzola Quartet, Claudio Cusmano Quintet with Roberto Gatto, Beggio-Ciancaglini Quartet, Pietro Tonolo “Disguise” sextet, Aldo Romano “Because of Bechet”, H.Texier “Sud-Nord 4tet, S.Bollani “I Visionari”, Maria Pia De Vito “Songs From Underground”, G.Petrella “Indigo Four”

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE: FREELANCE
J.Lovano, B.Morris, D.Irvin, L.Parker, L.Hayes, R.Eubans, B.Riley, T.Kirkpatrik, D.Bennet, K.Wheeler, R.Brecker, M.Murphy, M.Hendrix, G.Telesforo, P.Birro, S.Battaglia, J.Cartwight, P.Tonolo, M.Tonolo, K.Rosenwikel, M.Tamburini, L.Patruno, N.Stilo, F.Bosso, T.Harrell, E.Zigmund, S.Battaglia, B.Trotignon, L.Sclavis,H.Texier, S.Battaglia, J.P.Como, A.Menconi, Arthur Kell.