About
He was born in Colleferro (Rome) in August 1980 and at the age of six he took part in the musical life of his family with his father and older brother.
In 1990 he began the study of drums at the A.Gi.Mus of Artena with Maestro Adolfo Valeri and in 1994 he entered the Conservatory of "S. Cecilia" in Rome where he studied first with Maestro Giordano Rebecchi and later with Maestro Antonio Buonomo. At the same time he studied ethnic percussion with M ° ArnaldoVacca (Sanremo, M. Ranieri, etc.) and in October 2003 he enrolled at the “Timba” percussion instrument school, where he studied with Maestro Paulo LaRosa (Demo Morselli, etc.) and follows Cuban music workshops (salsa, rumba, folklore) with the masters Valter Paiola and Roberto Evangelisti. Inside the Conservatory he takes part in numerous initiatives including the concert for the 50th anniversary of the death of P.Mascagni at the Auditorium of v. of Conciliation.
He carries out an intense band activity from '92 with various local municipal bands (Banda G.Verdi di Artena, B.C. Città di Segni with which he was directed on 6/1/2004 by Dan Moretti, American saxophonist teacher at Berkley in Boston).
From 1995 he began to have experiences with local and Roman groups ranging from rock to pop, from folk to jazz, from soul to R&B: Rasàli, with here he has the honor of playing with Rodolfo Maltese (Banco del Mutuo Soccorso); Tremendicanti, finalists of Rock Targato Italia 2005; Stefano Pavan Band, with whom he recorded his second CD, "Lacrime e Ruggine" (2005); Macondo Express (MCR Tribute Band), etc.
In March 2004 he collaborates with Claudio Colazza (S.Masciarelli, Rai, etc.) in a project where he is involved in the "Style of drumming and percussion", that is a series of concerts - seminars on the use of percussion and drums.
The live CD was taken from one of the concerts.
Since the summer of 2000 he has been working with Marcello Cirillo (Those of the Night, Your Facts, etc.) for six consecutive tours touching the squares of all Italy and collaborating with artists like Manuela Villa, Riccardo Fogli, Paolo Vallesi, Gigi D ' Alessio, Rita Forte, Aurelio Fierro, etc.
In the winter of 2002 he joined the cast of "In Famiglia" (Raidue) as a percussionist where he had the pleasure of accompanying artists such as Dik Dik, Camaleonti, Rector, Amedeo Minghi, Gazosa, Spain, Fausto Leali, Little Tony and Bobby Solo, Mino Reitano, Yu Yu, Tiziana Rivale, Tullio DePiscopo, Anna Tatangelo, etc. and continues to be part of the cast of "In Famiglia" also in the 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 editions. In 2005 he founded the Funk-AcidJazz group "Solar Fire - IncognitoTributeBand", honoring the British group inventor of AcidJazz, a band made up of eleven elements. Other television appearances: Video Italy, One morning, Fiorello - Tonight I pay, New Year Rai 2003 (Satellite), Your facts, Telethon 2003 and 2004 and numerous national private TV.