Graduated in organ from the Conservatory of Piacenza, he later studied with
Ewald Kooiman and
Michael Radulescu (with whom he completed a three-year course at the Hochschule für Musik – now the University of Music – in
Vienna). He also studied harpsichord with Danilo Costantini (with whom he earned his diploma at the Conservatory of Como), further refining his skills on both instruments under the guidance of
Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini and Christopher Stembridge. He received awards at the organ competitions in
Viterbo (1996 – First Prize),
Bruges (1997 – Special Jury Prize), and
Pasian di Prato (1998 – First Prize). He has performed across
Europe,
the United States,
Brazil, and
Japan, both as a soloist and chamber musician. In 2009, he played the complete organ works of
Franz Liszt and
César Franck in
Lugano. As a conductor, he has given concerts in Europe and the USA, performing both Italian and German instrumental repertoire from the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as sacred vocal music (
Vespro della Beata Vergine by
Claudio Monteverdi,
La Vergine Addolorata by
Alessandro Scarlatti,
St. Matthew Passion and
St. John Passion by
Johann Sebastian Bach) and operatic works (
Ademira by Andrea Luchesi,
Mitridate by
Nicola Porpora). Between 2010 and 2012, he conducted
Vivaldi’s
Farnace and
Giustino at both the
Theater an der Wien in Vienna and the
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in
Paris. He was the director and co-founder of IBA – Italian Baroque Academy, an orchestra specializing in performances with historical instruments. He holds the chair of organ and harpsichord at the University School of Music (SUM) in
Lugano and at the Luca Marenzio Conservatory in
Brescia. He also teaches masterclasses in organ and harpsichord performance in Europe, the USA, Russia and Japan. He has recorded for networks such as
Radio France,
Radio Suisse Romande, Mezzo, and
Südwestrundfunk, and for the record labels
Christophorus, Divox,
Tactus, and most recently
Brilliant Classics. For the latter, in 2015, he completed the full recording of Johann Sebastian Bach’s organ works. Since 2018, he has been collaborating with violinist Gian Andrea Guerra on
baroque violin and organ/ harpsichord literature from the 17th and 18th centuries (Duo Seraphim). == Discography ==