He began studying the cello at the age of eight, alongside counterpoint and composition. He attended the Battaglini State Scientific High School in Taranto, and represented the Institute in national Mathematics and Physics competitions with excellent results. He completed his high school education a year early, graduating with honors at the age of 16. He is listed in the National Register of Excellence of the Italian Ministry of Education and Merit. During his high school years, he studied composition with M° Riccardo Panfili, under whose guidance he got the Bachelor Degree with honors at the Conservatory of Music in Monopoli. He continued his studies at the conservatory studying cello in Taranto and orchestral conducting in Bari with M° Giovanni Pelliccia, obtaining the Master Degree in both conservatories with honors and distinction in July 2024, at the age of 19. During his studies as a conductor he had the opportunity to conduct the orchestra in Beethoven’s symphonies I, II, III and V, as well as Grieg’s piano concerto. For his final examination he conducted the overture from Beethoven’s Egmont Overture and Tchaikovsky’s V symphony. In the triple role of cello soloist, composer and conductor, he participated in the concert Passati Presenti organised by the Conservatory of Bari for the Exultet festival, held in the Cathedral of Bari. He also performed as a soloist with the Orchestra of the G. Paisiello Conservatory of Taranto and with the Taranto Opera Festival orchestra. In 2026 he got the postgraduate Master’s degree in Interpretation of contemporary music for cello with M° Luigi Piovano at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. Since 2020 he has attended the cello courses at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena with M° David Geringas, participating in the Academy’s concerts. He also participates in M° Geringas’ classes at the Usedom Music Festival. For the 2023 edition, he composed and premiered Una Parola for solo cello, and in the following year recorded Bertold Hummel’s 2 Paraphrases on Latvian Folk Songs for cello quintet. He has taken part in cello masterclasses with renowned cellist such as Thomas Demenga, Leonid Gorokhov, Enrico Dindo, Martti Rousi, Helmar Stiehler, Enrico Bronzi, Mihovil Karuza. In 2024, he was an active participant in M° Mario Brunello’s advanced masterclass in San Ginesio, performing Schumann’s cello concerto in concert, accompanied by a cello ensemble. He is the winner of the 2024 Lions Club Taranto Poseidon Prize and of the scholarship Chigiana – Mediocredito Centrale – Banca BdM in 2025. He regularly plays in chamber music ensembles. He currently studies chamber music with M° Ivan Rabaglia at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, playing in both a trio and a piano quartet. He is also enrolled in the Master Degree at the Taranto Conservatory, where he performs in a piano duo. He is frequently invited to perform in concerts both as a soloist and in duo with piano, with a repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music. He has played for organisations such as Festival Paganiniano di Carro, ALMA of Vila do Bispo, Amici della Musica di Taranto, Usedomer Musikfestival, Grottaglie Piano Classico Festival (Associazione Musicale Jonica “G. Paisiello”), I Violini del Mare of Pescara, Il Parnaso delle Muse, Amici della Musica of Cagliari at Teatro Melis, Festiv’Alba X edizione 2026 in Alba Fucens, Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Cracovia. On the occasion of the Centenary of the Società Italiana Musica Contemporanea, he performed Tre canti for cello and piano by Ildebrando Pizzetti and Nino Rota’s clarinet trio in a concert organised by the Taranto Conservatory. In 2022 he included Boris Arapov’s sonata in his concert programs to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the composer’s death. He was a member of the Abreu Quartet, with which he won first prizes at the Giulianova Marche International Competition, at the Savino Competition in Taranto and winning the Dolce Bontà award at the Carl Orff Music Festival 2021 in Putignano. He has performed as principal cellist with the National Orchestra of Italian Conservatories. With a string ensemble of the O.N.C.I., he played in Rome at the centennial celebration of the National Research Council. In 2022 he played as principal cellist with the Orchestra della Magna Grecia at the Lerici Festival with Sir Bryn Terfel in the role of Falstaff.
He has been student of Fondazione Accademia di Musica since 2026.
