Conductors

Composer, conductor and pianist. With his first composition, "Impressions of an American sparrow" for two pianos, won the "Valentino Bucchi" prize of Rome in 1986 and, two years later, he won the "Forum" prize of Cologne with "Tremiti" for string quartet. This piece, played by the Arditti Quartet and recorded by the German radio-tv station WDR, was subsequently also awarded the prize of the Kennedy Foundation of Washington.

In the following years his works received much more recognition and began to be diffused throughout the world by internationally renowned soloists, ensembles and conductors. In 1992 Witold Lutoslawski, chairman of the International Contest of Warsaw, awarded his symphonic work "Spectra" that, also performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, was a great success according to both the public and critics.

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