Composers

He studied piano with Roberto Repini and composition with Giulio Viozzi at the city's conservatory, then continued his studies - with a scholarship from "Jeunesses musicales" in Groznjan (Croatia) - with the polish composer Witold Lutoslawski in 1977.

He currently lives in Germany. In addition to his work as a composer, he has given concerts as piano soloist in chamber groups and has taken part in Lieder concerts, on occasions as assistant to Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Petre Munteanu (1978-81). He has organized chamber groups and is also active as a lecturer and teacher of musical analysis (University of Trieste, "Associazione Continuum Temporale", "International Advanced Courses of Music" in Cividale del Friuli, etc...). As a composer he has received major awards and prizes: "Premio di composizione Valentino Bucchi", Musica e Natura, 1979; SIMC, Austria, 1980; "Gaudeamus Musik Week", Holland, 1980-82-84; 1st Prize, "Premio Internazionale di Composizione 2 agosto", Bologna, 1995; 2nd Prize, "Concorso Internazionale Ennio Porrino", 1995 (1st Prize not awarded); 3rd Prize, "Internationaler Kompositionswettbewerb Compania", Münster, 1996.

His music has been commissioned and performed by major festivals and institutions: "Venice Biennale"; "Musica nel Nostro Tempo", Milan; "Festival di Nuova Consonanza", Rome; "Antidogma Musica", Turin; Teatro alla Scala, Milan; "Nuovi Spazi Musicali", Rome; Teatro la Fenice, Venice; "Milano Poesia"; WDR Köln; "Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik"; "Steirischer Herbst, Musikprotokoll", Graz; "Aspekte Salzburg"; "Mobile Contemporale", Salzburg; "Musica Incognita", ORF, Linz; "Expan 91, IGNM", Spittal/Drau, Austria; "Holland Festival", Amsterdam; " Gaudeamus Music Weeek", Holland; "Italiaans Project", Utrecht; "Journées de musique contemporaine", Paris; "Musica Nova", Reykjavik; "Dias de musica contemporanea", Vigo, Spain; "Tipasa Biennale", Algeria; "Pan Musik Festival", Seoul, Korea; State University of New York at Buffalo, USA, and numerous others.