Percussionist enchanted by the sound of the tabla, sideman and producer based in Catania, Sicily.
Graduated in Extra-European Musical Traditions (Indological) at the A. Pedrollo Conservatory of Vicenza, studied Latin percussion with Rosario Jermano and Arabic percussion with Mohamed Fares. He continues to deepen the study of tabla with Pandit Sankha Chatterjee and Sri Amit Chatterjee.
He has participated in numerous festivals in Italy and abroad: Art Stays 2012, Ptuj, Slovenia; Sete Sóis Sete Luas 2007, Portugal; Medvoices Fest 2005, Crete; Devotional Music Festival 2004, Istanbul; Journées Théåtrales de Carthage 2003, Sidi Bou Said, Tunis; Rossini Opera Festival 2002, Pesaro; Womad 2001, Reading, United Kingdom; 2nd World Music Festival 2000, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Womad Womad 2000, Palermo; 1st World Music Festival 1998, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Clásico Theater Festival 1997, Isla Margarita, Venezuela.
In addition to the projects of which he is co-founder first of all of Dounia, with he has been working since 1996, and Luftig, Pocket Poetry Orchestra, Quattro Canti and Ramtrip, he collaborates in studio and live with musicians of various musical genres, such as: Luiza Brina, Mannarino, Eyal Maoz, Gianni Gebbia, Marta Collica, Hugo Race, Sepiatone, Amato Jazz Trio, Cecilia Pitino, Carlo Muratori, Juri Camisasca, Carmen Consoli, Brando, Rita Pavone and many more…
