Instrumentalists

Made his first appearance on the international scene as interpreter of Luciano Berio's Sequenza V, and subsequently as soloist in Ofanim  (Saint-Paul-de-Vence, 1988), Albumblatt (Cologne, 1992) and Outis (Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 1996). Other composers who have written pieces for him as an important "promoter" of the trombone as a soloistic instrument include: Bussotti, Clementi, Corghi, Donatoni, Francesconi, Mortari, Mengelberg, Manzoni, Gentilucci, Gaslini, Panni, Wagenaar, Samorì, Cardini, Bortolotti, De Rossi Re, Colombo Taccani, Cifariello Ciardi, Esposito, Piacentini, Di Scipio, De Lisa, Scagliola, Degrassi, Tedde. He has been the guest of leading international institutions and events: Festival Italia-España, Madrid; Wittener Tage für Neue Music; Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence; Fundação Gulbenkian, Lisbon; University of Toronto; Espace Music, Ottawa; Mc Gill University, Montreal; Confrontaties, Rotterdam; Mozarteum, Salzburg; Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome; Teatro alla Scala, Milan; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Biennale di Venezia; Festival Wien Modern; Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra; Philarmonie, Berlin; University of Bologna; Nuova Consonanza, Rome; Westdeutschen Rundfunk, Cologne; I Pomeriggi Musicali, Milan; Spoleto Festival; Monday Evening Concerts, Los Angeles; Musica, Strasbourg; Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Musik Triennale, Cologne; South Bank Centre, London; Aspects de la Musique Contemporaine, Caen; Ravenna Festival; Rotterdamse Kuntstichting; Autumn Festival, Warsaw; University of Helsinki; Festival Synthèse, Bourges; Accademia Chigiana, Siena; 92nd Street Y, New York. In 1997 he taught at the "Istituto di Filosofia e Scienze del Linguaggio" of Bari University. He also teaches at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Rome.