About Me
He started studying alto saxophone at 12 years old. After college, he attended soprano and tenor saxophone classes at the jazz school “Il suono improvviso†(directed by Gianantonio De Vincenzo and Marco Castelli) in Venice, then at “Musiche Insieme†in Udine (directed by the local saxophonist Nevio Zaninotto). Then, he took private lessons with the Canadian saxophonist Robert Bonisolo and attended the KarntnerLandesKonservatorium in Klagenfurt (Austria). He took also part to a number of workshops held by famous Italian and foreign musicians (Kenny Wheeler, Dave Liebman, Fred Hersh, Bobby Shew, Klaus Gesing, Marc Abrams, Kyle Gregory, Glauco Venier, David Boato, Paolo Birro).
- He was among the finalists of the national contest “C. Bettinardi: Nuovi Talenti del Jazz Italiano†2005 (New Talented Jazz Musicians in Italy).
- He won the national contest “Premio Jazz Lighthouse: Giovane in Jazz 2006" (Lighthouse Jazz Award: Youth in Jazz 2006").
He played and plays with:
Giovanni Maier, U.T. Gandhi, Aljosa Jeric, Andrea Lombardini, Luca Colussi, Flavio Davanzo, Giorgio Pacorig, Simone Serafini, Ermes Ghirardini, Lorena Favot, Romano Todesco, Andrea Allione, Enrico Sartori, Antonio Borghini, Juri Dal Dan, Mauro Zavagno, Mauro Costantini, Alan Malusa' Magno, Matteo Sgobino, Andrea Fontana, Max Gelsi, Andrea Rigonat, Andrea Pivetta, David Jarh, Luciano Gherghetta, ...
He took part in the following reviews and festivals of jazz, pop and blues music:
Ah hum jazz festival (Milan), No borders Festival (Tarvisio), Asti Musica (Asti), Space is the Place (Udine), Udine Jazz Corner 2004, Jazz Koiné 2005 (Pordenone)...
He takes part in the following bands:
Federico Missio Quartet, Federico Missio Wireless trio, Pig Band, Disconnection, Pordenone Big Band.
He teaches:
- jazz saxophone at the music school "Fondazione Luigi Bon" in Colugna (Udine).
- jazz saxophone, harmony and ensemble music at the "G.Lozer" school in Pordenone, taking also part actively of its Big Band.I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4
