I live in Molfetta(BA)-Italy since my birthday, 05-09-1981. At 8 years old I was watching a saxophone player on TV and said: "Oh, I like very much that kind of sound!". So my grandfather paid all my saxophone lessons since then (what a great man!!). I studied with Nicola Pisani and graduated at the Music Conservatory "L. Refice" in Frosinone with Eugenio Colombo in 2001. I graduated also in jazz music at the Music Conservatory "N. Rota" in Monopoli with Gianni Lenoci in 2005. In 2005 I attended the "Siena jazz courses" with Achille Succi, Eugenio Colombo, Mario Raja, Giancarlo Schiaffini and Stefano Zenni; during the last years I've taken lessons with Dave Liebman,Rosario Giuliani,Joelle Leandre, Ettore Fioravanti, Giorgio Gaslini, Stefano Battaglia,Enrico Rava.
I like playing jazz but I've a "rock soul"!
I played with:Sakis Papadimitriou, Ian Paice (Deep Purple's drummer), Gianni Lenoci, Eugenio Colombo, Ettore Fioravanti, Marco Sannini, Pino Mazzarano, Felice Mezzina, Nicola Pisani, Vittorino Curci, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Jean Derome , Joane Hetu, Laura Bono (Sanremo Giovani 2005 winner), Daniele Tedeschi (Vasco Rossi's drummer), Orchestra Labirinto of the Music Conservatory "N.Rota" in Monopoli.
GROUPS: "I Bambini di Vasco", a rock cover-band of the Italian rocker Vasco Rossi; "Headquarters", jazz-electric trio; "Spiritonascosto", pop-jazz ensemble; "Anakronistika", a King Crimson's cover band; Tutta 'nata storia, a Pino Daniele cover band.
PRIZES: whit Headquarters - 1st prize at baronissi jazz '05 (emergent category); 5th place at moncalieri jazz '05; 2nd place at maruggio jazz '06; 1st prize at baronissi jazz '06 winter ed. (pro category);1st prize at bari jazz '08.
Whit Spiritonascosto - 1st prize at Festival Città di Albanella '06; 1st best group at the prize "Puglia Film Commission '06; 2nd place at Countdown Festival Bovino '07.
FESTIVALS: Dvorak Jazz festival '07 & '08;Festival delle arti '08;Talos jazz festival '06 & '07; Musica in città '06; Musica in Periferia - Bari '06; Take Five festival '04 & '05; Siddharta summer festival '05.
DISCOGRAPHY: "I Bambini di Vasco - Scriverò per me", VS Records; "Spiritonascosto - Sospesi tra musica e poesia"; "Sakis Papadimitriou - Nosferatu", Anakrousis Records.
In 2006 I graduated in law with "laude" at Bari University of studies....oh yes, "dura lex sed lex"!
I'm very interested in copyright law and its evolutions, like for example the "Creative Commons" movement, and in entertainment law.
Now I'm practicing law in Molfetta.
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