About
For years he has been carrying out an intense concert activity as a soloist or in chamber music training in Italy and abroad, performing recitals at prestigious venues in Italy and abroad.
Born in Ferrara in 1994, in 2013 he graduated in cello with honors Lode e Menzione under the guidance of Maestro Luca Simoncini at the Conservatory of Rovigo. He also studied with the Masters I. Rizzi, E. Dindo, G. Gnocchi and V. Piombo, and was recently selected to participate in the chamber music masterclasses of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra (Ferrara, 2014).
As a soloist, he was the winner of scholarships from the Conservatory for deserving students from 2008 to 2011, and is the winner of 1st absolute prize in various National and International Competitions, including: L. Agostini Competition (2007), Premio Crescendo (2011 ), Competition City of Riccione (2012 and 2013), Premio Salieri (2012), and 2nd prize with Mention at the Premio delle Arti (2013). In duo with his pianist brother he also won the 1st prize in chamber music at the Competition Città di Riccione (2012). Since 2010 he is part, together with his brother, of the Trio Florestano (cello, violin, piano), with which he won the 1st prize in chamber music at the Premio Crescendo (2012) and Città di Riccione (2013) competitions. As a soloist or in chamber ensemble he has performed recitals in many prestigious venues, including Milan (Concerts Society-Palazzo Pirelli), Rome (Trafalgar Studios), Brescia (Festival Le X Giornate), Florence (AgiMus season), Ferrara (Teatro Comunale) ), Ravenna (Ravenna Festival), Lucca (Chamber Music Festival), Rovigo, Sacile (PN), Padua, Carpi (MO), Munich. In 2012 he performed as a soloist at Radio Vaticana, and in 2013 he performed as a soloist with the string orchestra conducted by Maestro Piero Toso. From the age of 12 he also collaborated with various orchestras with whom he played at important venues, participating among other things in the recording of the initials of the 65th Venice Film Festival and the Anima Mundi review in Pisa.