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February 2002 - present Currently attending the Accademia del Teatro Comunale Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, Italy. June 2002 Successfully completed the Advanced diploma in oboe under Maestro Hans Elhorst at the Music Conservatory in Lugano, Switzerland. 2000-2001 Accademia di Perfezionamento per Professori d'Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan (Italy), under Maestro Alberto Negroni (oboe) and Maestro Glauco Cambursano (chamber music). 2000 Attended Masterclass by Maestro Hansjorg Schellenberger held at the Music School in Fiesole, Italy. 1999 Won bursary to attend Masterclass by Maestro Ingo Goritzki, held in Locarno, Switerland. 1998 Attended Masterclass by Maestro Maurice Bourgue 1995-1997 Attended Masterclasses by Maestro Jacques Tys September 1999 Successfully completed the Diploma in oboe (under Maestro Piero Lori) at the Conservatorio "Luigi Cherubini" in Florence, Italy. Orchestras and chamber ensembles with whom I have worked ORT Orchestra Regionale della Toscana; Florence Simphionetta; Opera Barga; Orchestra del Giglio di Lucca; Orchestra Galilei di Fiesole; Orchestra Anonimo Fiorentino (concertos for Oboe & Orchestra by Vivaldi); Orchestra Camerata Strumentale Città di Prato; Orchestra Sinfonica di Grosseto; Orchestra Internazionale; Orchestra Sinfonica di Pesaro, among others.