Fondazione Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo e Torino

Born in 1970, he graduated at the Milan Conservatory G. Verdi in 1995, studying Composition with Azio Corghi and Danilo Lorenzini. He also attended masterclasses with Paolo Castaldi, John Cage and Louis Andriessen.
His works have been performed by musicians such as Luciano Berio, James MacMillan, Dimitri Ashkenazy, Emanuele Arciuli, Timothy Ridout in festivals, theaters and concert halls including Lucerne Festival, South Bank Center (London), Bang On A Can Marathon (New York), Festival de Radio France et Montpellier, Teatro alla Scala, Venice Biennale, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.
In 1997 in collaboration with Angelo Miotto and Carlo Boccadoro he founded Sentieri selvaggi, a group dedicated to perform and disseminate new music.
From 2013 to 2021 he was appointed Deputy Major for Culture in the Municipality of Milan, and has therefore suspended his composition activity.
His return to music took place with A coda di rondine, premiered by James Feddeck conducting Pomeriggi Musicali Orchestra in 2023; in the same year, the label Da Vinci Classics released the album A coda di rondine, with orchestral works and solo concertos.
His scores have been recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, Cantaloupe, Da Vinci Classics, BMG Ricordi, Emi Classics, Sensible Records, Stradivarius, and published by Curci, Ricordi, Suvini Zerboni, Sonzogno, RaiCom.
He is a Professor of Composition at the Milan Conservatory G. Verdi.