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FRANCESCO QUERO » See style(s) » See instrument(s) Born and grown up in Massafra (TA) - Italy, he moved to Bologna where he studied music in the POPULAR SCHOOL OF MUSIC IVAN ILLICH, attending courses about drumset, traditional italian frame drums, caribbean percussions. He took part also to many workshops, deepening the techniques of improvisation with Fabrizio Puglisi, Tristan Honsinger, Bob Moses, Misha Mengelberg, Michael Riessler, Phil Minton, John Tilbury, Pierre Favre. He followed also workshops about brasilian music with Airto Moreira; about serbian traditional music with Dragan Nikolic; about iranian percussions with D.Chemirani; about gnawa ritual music with Omar Hayat and Essaouira's musicians, about arabian-andalusian percussions with Mohamed Acdur from the National Orchestra of Tangeri; about darbuka from Maghreb with Marzouk Mejri and many others about traditional music from South Italy. He has played as drummer or percussionist in many bands, among which: Grupo Cienfuegos from Milano, recording with them the CD Bacatà (Godagoda Records) in 2003; Bologna Klezmer Kapelye, recording with them the homonym CD in 2003. He has collaborated with many acting companies and writers and he appears in some movies. In the present time he plays with GRATTULA BEDDATTULA; with UCCELLACCI, (he published with them the homonym CD in 2004 for the label Etnagigante). He has collaborations with the bands Trimuzike from Milano and AbRe from Belgrade (Serbia) and with the singer Vincenzo Scruci. From 2005 he plays drumset in the variety show for teather THE NUZZO DI BIASE LIVE SHOW, of the actors Corrado Nuzzo and Maria Di Biase. In duo with the guitar player Antonio Stragapede he has recently began the precious collaborations with the brasilian poetress MARCIA THEOPHILO and the italian actor MARIO BARZAGHI. In 2002 he founded FANFARA BUREK, playing with it in the most important italian buskers festivals. Since May 2009 he is the drummer of the band ETNIA SUPER SANTOS. He has conducted for four years a music workshop in the underage prison of Bologna and teached drumset and percussions in the Popular School of Music Ivan Illich. He works in the DANCE STUDY CENTRE CHOREA of Bologna, making with the dancer MONICA GIANNINI workshops about instinctive movement and afro-contemporary dance. Recently he started to collaborate with the italian singer EVY ARNESANO, recording with her some tracks for the CD " La tipa ideale", and with the serbian bands BIZAR BAZAR and SVI NA POD, taking part to their incoming CDs, and performing in some live concerts .		ARMANDO ILLARIO » See style(s) » See instrument(s) ARMANDO ILLARIO Diploma in harpsichord, clavichord and fortepiano at the Conservatory of Milano, and degree in piano at the Conservatory of Novara (Italy). About to take an MA at the faculty of Musicology, University of Cremona (Italy). As a soloist has given concerts in Italy, and with “Sebes Trio” (violin, clarinet and piano) has performed in Italy and abroad, winning a scholarship in 2002 from Novara Conservatory for the execution of Bartok’s “Contrasts”. Was active member (as a pianist, composer and arranger) of the band “Juba Lane”, research and contamination project of the ethno-jazz scene, which won the 1st prize at the Italian jazz contest “Fiesole jazz” in 1999 and was selected as one of the finalist bands for the 1999 edition of the “Biennial of Mediterranean Young Artists”. With the band performed in many Italian and European festivals, such as “Pistoia Blues”, “Three jazz festival” (Firenze), “Etnosuoni” (Roma), “Sarajevska Zima” (Sarajevo)… Has collaborated as accordionist and arranger in several traditional music bands, such as Eyal Lerner’s “Shlomot” (Klezmer and Jewish music), “Il Paese delle Mille Danze” (European traditional dances), “Le Bal Masqué” (world traditional songs), and “Marsa Project” (European traditional music). Has performed in Italy, France, Malta, Palestine, Greece, Spain… At the moment is active as accordionist, composer and arranger, in world music band “Tri Muzike”, which has recorded three albums, and “Canto Antico”, which promotes and performs Southern Italian traditional dance and music, winning 1st prize both at “Val Tidone International Contest” in 2006 and at “Italian Folkontest” in 2008. Performs both in Italy and abroad. Is also part of the project “Suditalia”, which promotes Southern Italian traditional music in Greece, giving workshops and concerts, and since 2009 has started researching Italian and European medieval and Renaissance music in a project with Viva Biancaluna Biffi and Simone Mongelli. Has worked as a piano accompanist both in schools and in auditions, has composed music for theatre and movies, and has taken part in two urban performances by Simone Mongelli: “Dimensioni” and “Tipota”, performed at “Sarajevska Zima” festival in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Played piano in the musical “Gianburrasca”, touring many important Italian theatres As a teacher has also been active in piano and accordion lessons, as well as a Musical Education teacher in Secondary schools and in several workshops about traditional music and dance in Primary schools.		MASSIMO GARRITANO » See style(s) » See instrument(s) Guitarist and Composer born in 1973. Start to play at 16 years old with one and only goal: "to play during the summer nights around the fire on the south Italy beach...." DEGREE in Jazz Music First Level Academy Cours, at the Conservatoire in Cosenza with Thesis on Wayne Shorter's Composition from 1964 to 1968. Grant at the BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, Boston (MA – USA) to make a careful study of Improvisation, Ear Training, Harmony Structural Functions, Horns Arrangement, Music Ensemble and Instrumental Technique for the 1996 year. Composer for silent movies (Nosferatu&Aurora by Murnau, City Lights, The kiss of Mary Pickford), word spoken readings and poetry, ballet. Live and Studio collaborations with: Dave Murray, Agricantus, Lutte Berg, Nicola Pisani, Felice Mezzina, Jan Gunnar Hoff, Tonino Dambrosio, Carlo Cimino, Mark Bernstein. David Burrell. Jeaninne Pommy-Vega, Anne Waldman, Carlos Mestre. TEACHING:   Teaching experiences to any aged people. Subject: guitar, harmony, musical theory and improvisation. Collaborator at the "S. Giacomantonio" Conservatoire of Music In Cosenza for the Jazz Guitar Classes from 2006. MANA The Art of Guitar and ElectroAcoustic Research (Electric Guitar Courses) from 2005. (Cosenza). Music Academy of Calabria "F.S.Salfi" (Electric Guitar and Acoustic Guitars Courses) from 2000 to 2004 (Rende, CS). Music School "Giuseppe Verdi " (Electric Guitar and Acoustic Courses) from 2002 to 2007. (Montalto Uff., CS). Music School "Progetto Musica" (Electric Guitar Courses and Ensemble Course) from 2003 to 2006. (Castrovillari, CS). He's a Qualified Teacher at the Yamaha Music School in Milano from 2005. PROFESSOR-ASSISTANT at the following seminars: "GUITAR AND IMPROVISATION" keeped by Cristiane Escoudè in 2004; "The Brasilian Music and Improvisation" keeped by Roberto Taufic and Giancarlo Maurino in 2004; "Forms and Structures in Jazz Music" keeped Alessio Menconi, Riccardo Fioravanti and Stefano Bagnoli in 2006; "Harmony and Improvisation" keeped by David Reed during the INTERNATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ FESTIVAL 2006. PAOLA IN JAZZ 2008 and 2009, first level jazz guitar classes.   CONCERTS & FESTIVALS (among the others): Cosenza Jazz Fest, Verso Sud "International festival of Poetry", Radio Vaticana, Settembre Rendese 2009, Dvorak Jazz Meeting 2009, Festival di Villa Celimontana, Paola in Jazz 2009, FestivArt 2009, Le Arti del Gesto IV edition, PAOLA IN JAZZ 2008, SETTEMBRE RENDESE 2007, MUSIC IN FEST 2007, INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL 2006, PRIZE OF ARTS 2005, PEPERONCINO JAZZ FEST 2005, CATANZARO JAZZ FEST 2005.		RICCARDO PITTAU » See style(s) » See instrument(s) Trumpet Player Born on the 30th October 1973 in Guasila, a village in Sardinia like many others, situated in Trexenta a small region in the province of Cagliari. At the age of 9 learns the first rudimentals of the trumpet studying with the musical band, in the nearby village of Sanluri, directed by his uncle (his family, on his fathers side, boasts three generations of musicians.) Some years later he joins the academy of music and, parallel to his studies, applies himself to concert activities both classical (orchestral and soloist) and rock groups, jazz etc… He transfers to Bologna where he became an active part of the musical scene, which is going through a fervid period of creativity. Plays in a wide variety of contexts, from experimental jazz to traditional, from Caribbean salsa to rom music of the Balkans etc. His concert activity is integrated with teaching both in private and with the famous Ivan Illich s popular school. After eight years in Bologna, aware of the declining phase the city was passing through in the artistic and cultural sphere, decides to return to his home town, to share with those who remained in Sardinia, the experience acquired outside the island…. Establishes bonds with some ”launeddas” players (holders of one of the most antique and complex musical traditions) learning himself this instrument and above all the practise of extempory traditional poetry of the Campidano, the southern part of Sardinia. Many years after his return to Sardinia he collaborates closely with local artists and emigrants with similar ideas (musicians, poets and writers) with whom he forms a sort of “congregation”. Actually collaborated with the Enzo Favata Tentet: "The New Made in Sardinia" and the project Voyage en Sardaigne. He played also with: Misha Mengelberg, Roswell Rudd, Lester Bowie, Tristan Honsinger, Lukas Ligeti, Steve Lacy, Elliot Sharp, Dragan Nikolic, Marko Markovic, Ivo Iliev, Sid Amhed Benbali, Miriam Palma, Saadet Turkoz, Michael Riessler, Gianni Gebbia, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Tiziano Tononi, Vinicio Capossela, Roy Paci, Paolo Angeli, Antonello Salis, Tanaka Yumiko, Andy Moor, Phillip Greenlief, Chris Cutler, Phil Minton, Francesco Cusa, poetries Alberto Masala, Serge Pey, Lance Henson, Jack Hirshmann; dancers Katleen Delaney, Carla Onni, Rita Spadola, Hisako Horikawa; the artist Anton Roca; the actress Antonella Puddu.
CARLO CIMINO » See style(s) » See instrument(s) Carlo Cimino 16.03.1977 doublebass electric bass Live activities in Italy and abroad with several groups: jazz, rock, creative music, ethnic with: David Murray, Dave Burrell, Kent Carter, Baba Sissoko, Lutte Berg, Sandro Satta, Nicola Pisani, Marco Sannini, Davide Santorsola, John Serry, Antonio Dambrosio, Felice Mezzina, Gianni Lenoci, Roberto Ottaviano, Pippo Fumaroli, Checco Pallone, Cataldo Perri, Mirko Onofrio, Massimo Garritano. Festivals: Intenational Youth Jazz Festival, 50° Anniversario F.A.C.A (Buenos Aires), Radio Vaticana, Catanzaro Jazz Fest, Cosenza Jazz Fest, Lamezia Jazz, Rumori di fondo 2007, Dvorak Jazz Meeting 2009, Invasioni (Cosenza), San Giuseppe Rock, Peperoncino Jazz Festival, Settembre Rendese. work experience Teaching experiences to any aged people. Subjects: musical theory, electric bass, doublebass, improvisation. Dates 14-19 July 2008 - 20-25 July 2009 Occupation or position held Tutor Main activities and responsibilities Music lessons (electric bass, ear training) Name and address of employe Paola in Jazz Dates A.A. 2006/2007 - A.A. 2007/2008 - A.A. 2008/2009 Occupation or position held Tutor Main activities and responsibilities Music lessons (electric bass) Name and address of employer Conservatoy of Music “S. Giacomantonio”. Via Portapiana Cosenza Education and training Dates 16-20 November 2009 Principal subjects/occupational skills Hocus Pocus Lab Orchestra. Laboratory of composition and improvisation. Teachers: Kent Carter, Gianni Lenoci Name and type of organisation providing education and training Conservatory of Music “Nino Rota” Monopoli (Bari) Dates 13-14 November 2009 Principal subjects/occupational skills Jazz Workshop. Teacher: Marc Bernstein Name and type of organisation providing education and training Conservatory of Music “S. Giacomantonio” Cosenza Dates 17-18 June 2009 Principal subjects/occupational skills Jazz Workshop. Teacher: Maria Pia De Vito Name and type of organisation providing education and training Conservatory of Music “S. Giacomantonio” Cosenza Dates 02-03 of may 2006 / 07-08 of july 2006 Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Stage and performance. Jazz ensemble. Teachers: Nicola Pisani, Davide Santorsola. Name and type of organisation providing education and training Conservatory of Music “S. Giacomantonio” Cosenza Dates 22.04.2006 Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Stage. “ jazz sructure and ensemble”. Teachers: Alessio Menconi, Riccardo Fioravanti, Stefano Bagnoli Name and type of organisation providing education and training Cultural association Universound Dates From Jenuary to April.2005 Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Stage on musical journalism. Teachers Vincenzo Martorella, Luciano Vanni Name and type of organisation providing education and training Jazz-it. Italian Jazz Magazine. Luciano Vanni Editore. Collescipoli (Terni) Dates 2005 Title of qualification awarded Teacher Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Degree in Double bass. Vote 8,50/10 Name and type of organisation providing education and training Conservatory of music “S. Giacomantonio” Cosenza Dates 20-30.August.2004 Principal subjects/occupational skills International improvement stage. Double bass. Teacher: Ubaldo Fioravanti Name and type of organisation providing education and training Fondazione musicale Santa Cecilia. Portogruaro (Venezia) Dates 27.12.2004 Principal subjects/occupational skills Brasilian guitar seminary. Teacher: Roberto Taufic Name and type of organisation providing education and training Cosenza Jazz Festival. Teatro Italia. Cosenza. Dates 21.05.2003 Title of qualification awarded Doctor Principal subjects/occupational skills Degree in Art, Music and Show. Music branch. Vote 110/110 e lode Name and type of organisation providing education and training Literature and Philosophy Department. Università della Calabria. Arcavacata di Rende (Cosenza) Dates 20-24.Jenuary.2000 Principal subjects/occupational skills Orchestral stage. Big band “Or-che-strana”. Name and type of organisation providing education and training Catanzaro Jazz Fest Dates 24 July – 07 August. 2000 Principal subjects/occupational skills International improvement stage. Jazz Double bass. Teachers: Paolino Dalla Porta, Stefano Zenni, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Bruno Tommaso, Pietro Tonolo. Name and type of organisation providing education and training Siena Jazz Dates 27.06.1999 Principal subjects/occupational skills Jazz Workshop. Teacher: John Taylor Name and type of organisation providing education and training Conservatory of Music “S. Giacomantonio” Cosenza Other language(s) Spanish course for strangers. Intermediate level (40 h.) Languages school Lingua Viva. A Coruña, September 2007		LUISA COTTIFOGLI » See style(s) » See instrument(s) She obtained a diploma in both singing (Conservatorio G.B. Martini) and acting (Accademia Antoniana) at Bologna. After having performed in the same city as a soprano at Teatro Comunale dell’Opera and as an actress at Teatro delle Moline (member of its company), she went on to experiment other vocal styles, singing early music, contemporary opera, jazz, traditional music from other countries. Thanks to a scholarship from Jazz Yatra Festival she has been studying Indian vocal technique in Bombay. Most of her concerts are multimedial shows, a mix between vocal performances and images: “Velocity escape”(performance with solo voice, live electronics and video-installations) and “Aiò Nenè” (original music inspired by Italian traditional dialects) with videos by Gian Luca Beccari. “Rumì”(lyrics wholly taken from traditional Romagnolo dialect) is illustrated by Andrea Bernabini’s videos. Several art exhibitions such as Antonia Ciampi’s at Reale Accademia di Spagna in Rome (2006) or Enrico Benetta’s at Asolo and Treviso (2007) featured Luisa. She has not only appeared several times on RAI as a singer but she has also worked for this national radio-TV as a radio- broadcaster and gave her voice to several famous commercials. On 1999 she made her debut in Vienna live on-air on ORF (Austrian National Radio) as a vocalist-composer with the concert “Aiò Nenè” (I come from the North but I am from the South). Then she appeared on TVE (Spanish National TV), SAT 2000 (Italian Satellite TV) and her concerts were broadcasted by RSI (Swiss National Radio). She performed at several festivals in Italy, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, United States, United Kingdom, Hungary and India. Among her collaborations: The Chieftains, Guo Hue, Glauco Mauri (actor), Giovanna Marini (composer and ethnomusicologist), David Riondino, such Italian musicians as Teresa De Sio, Lucio Dalla, Ivano Fossati, Flavio Premoli (PFM), Andrea Parodi (Tazenda), Andrea Centazzo, Ambrogio Sparagna, Rita Marcotulli... After “Aiò Nenè” (2000) Luisa released her second cd as a vocalist-composer: “Rumì” (Forrest Hill Records 2006), awarded with “Imola in Musica Prize” and nomination at “Tenco Prize”(second in World Music category) . Several pieces of her have been inserted in international compilations. Singing in Italian and Arabic in 1997 she recorded the cd "Metissage" released by the Italian newspaper “Il Manifesto”, which featured Metissage ensemble (leaded by Gabriele Bombardini), Teresa De Sio, Rita Marcotulli and Ambrogio Sparagna. Together with Marlevar, singing in Provencale language, she appeared in the Chieftains’ Italian tour 2002 and released the cd also intitled “Marlevar” (Forrest Hill Records 2002). Since 2005 she is Quintorigo’s vocalist: with this band she released three cds ( “Il cannone”, “Quinto” and “Quintorigo play Mingus” ) and two singles (“Redemption song”- Quintorigo for Amref e “La nonna di Frederick”); with them she performed at Premio Tenco and appeared several times on RAI TV and Radio (Italian National TV and Radio) and Radio Deejay. Her new project, which came out at Ravenna Festival 2008, is dedicated to Anita Garibaldi, Garibaldi’s wife. In “Anita dei due mondi”- music by Luisa and Gianni Pirollo, scripts by Federica Iacobelli - Luisa performs as an actress-singer, directed by Enzo Vetrano and Stefano Randisi.		ENRICO GUERZONI Musician, cellist, composer, arranger. He graduated in studies on the cello from the Conservatorio di Bologna in 1986. He has been First Cellist in several Italian orchestras, and had also collaborated with numerous instrumental groups such as the "Solisti Veneti", with whom he has played in some of the most prestigious reviews of music in the world. He has also been on tourneé in Japan, China, Korea, India, Germany, Spain, Argentina and obviously Italy, in prestigious places including Teatro Olimpico of Vicenza, Teatro Bellini of Catania, Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Moreover, he has played with the "Virtuosi Italiani", “Archi Italiani”, “International Chamber Ensemble”, the Orchestra della R.A.I in Rome, “Orchestra da Camera di Bologna”, “Filarmonici di Bologna” and “Solisti di Bologna”, Orchestra Regionale of Marche, and the orchestra “Giovanile Toscanini”. -He won the international competition for the position of cellist with the Symphonic Lyric Agency "Teatro Comunale di Bologna" and he collaborated with them from 1988 to 2001. With this orchestra, he went on tournèe in Japan and Germany and has made recordings for the Decca. He has played under the guidance of conductors such as R. Muti, G. Sinopoli, C. Thieleman, V. Delman, R. Chailly, Z. Pezsko, L. Berio, G. Bertini, and D. Oren. - Currently, he dedicates himself to his freelance work. - He is the founder of the eclectic quartet of acoustic and electrical strings "Arké", with whom he has done numerous concerts and performed for the Royal Family in London, along with the tenor Josè Cura, with whom he has performed in concerts in Germany and Japan. - From 2000 to 2004 he collaborated with the singer Antonella Ruggiero, building an ethnic and classical repertoire. They made a record together for Sony, a DVD for the EGEA and they have done more than 160 concerts all around Italy and in foreign countries, in prestigious theatres such as the "Regio" of Turin, “Carlo Felice” in Genova, ”Comunale“ in Modena and for musical agencies such as the Santa Cecilia (Terme di Caracalla) and Teatro Massimo in Palermo, for the Pope in the Vatican and Toronto and a tournée in Morocco. What’s more, two years in a row, they performed at the review “I suoni delle Dolomiti”.One of their concerts was integrally broadcast on Channel 4 of national Italian television. - In February 2004 he went on tournée with A.S.Q.in Estonia and performed famous concert halls, such as the Puccini theatre in Merano and the jazz festivals of Vignola, as well as recordings with the Indian percussionist Trilok Gurtu. - He is a member of the Ensemble "Tourte" of Bologna, with whom he has recorded the unpublished quintets for flute by Boccherini and the string quartet for the record label "Dynamic". - His repertoire includes the six Bach cello suites, which he has performed in public at the Teatro Consorziale di Budrio (Bo) and at the Medieval museum of Bologna. - He has collaborated with Salvatore Sciarrino in various composition courses in "Città di Castello", and for years he played in the finalé concerts for the course in composition for the "Accademia Chigiana” in Siena.- In 1992, his jazz-blues group "Petronius Quartet" won the international prize "Città di Ispra", and, in 1994, the competition “Giugno per i giovani” at the Accademia Filarmonica Romana.- He has held jazz concerts with artists such as T. Lama, R. Gatto, D. Rea, P. Fresu, S. Zanchini, D. Lynx, L. Cottifogli (who recorded a CD with him, in a duo and in a sextet) F. Del Gaudio, S. Battaglia, G. Mirabassi, E. Fioravanti, M. Negri, R. Rossi, N. Machado, and M. Minardi.- Enrico Guerzoni was invited to Paris to play with Pierre Blanchard’s string jazz group and at the "Festival du Cinèma" for the centenarian of the Lumière brothers, performing at the Theatre of the Museè du Louvre . This was organized by the Cinémathèque Francaise. - E. G. has a great passion for the baroque period in particular and done extensive study on baroque technique. He has worked as director and solo artist in various groups, such as Harmonico Concento, Ensemble Anciuti. - He has received lessons in orchestra conduction with the great Lu Jia. - He has taken part at the most important recordings of Andrea Bocelli. - He has taken part in the most important recordings of Andrea Bocelli.- He has collaborated with some of the most important composers of Italian popular music, such as Eugenio Finardi, Lucio Dalla, Gianni Morandi, Renato Zero, Adriano Celentano, Gino Paoli, Zucchero, E. Ramazzotti, V. Capossela, Tullio de Piscopo, S. Bersani, and D. Silvestri, performing numerous concerts with them and working on various recordings, participating in the arrangements of some of their records. - He has collaborated with the Mancuso brothers and Giancarlo Parisi in the project “Voci e strumenti da una Sicilia di Tradizione e di Reinvenzione”, working on traditional Sicilian music.- He has arranged and recorded the string section on the records of the singer Mirco Menna, of the group “Parto Nuvole Pesanti” and of the Chilean singer Marcelo Araya. - As a composer, he has produced music above all for string quartet, but he has also tried his hand at many other styles, including POP, jazz, and ethnic music, with excellent results.- In January 2006 one of his own arrangements was performed by the Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale of Bologna. - He has recorded and made concerts with the avanguarde group of Roberto Cacciapaglia. - Moreover, Enrico Guerzoni, as a cellist, has taken part in several programmes on R.A.I. TV. - He has taught the cello at the “Scuola di Musica Baroncini” in Imola (Bo) and at a musical high school in Cento. Current projects and collaborations: - In 2004 he founded the Kuasar String Kuartet an innovative musical project for string quartet. The K.S.K. collaborates with the Italian jazz project, the project "Plancton", the singer Kelly Joyce and other Italian and foreign artists. - He plays in the "Ten Strings" duo with the guitarist Stefano Mirandola, climbing the height of original musical composition and playing the music of E. Gismonti, P. De Lucia, C. Corea among others. They have recently completed their first album: "Ten Strings". - He also collaborates with Eugenio Finardi’s group in the show “Il Silenzio e lo Spirito“, and together they have recorded a CD and a DVD for the EDEL, and have performed in various concerts all over Italy. - He also works with Mirco Menna and Stefano Mirandola in the "Rinato Carosello di musica napoleatana", performing Neapolitan music fromn the Renaissance to the present day. - In August 2005 he performed in a concert with Michael Nymann at the Kursall of Merano. - He is one of the elements of the “Trio Fotogramma”, a cinematic experience set to live music. - He is about to graduate from the Music College of Bologna in Music and its Multimedia uses.		STEFANO SALETTI » See style(s) » See instrument(s) Musician and composer who plays traditional mediterranean instruments (bouzuki, oud, tzouras), acoustic, classic and electric guitars, piano, percussion, sampler, programming. He is the founder and band leader of Novalia and the Piccola Banda Ikona. On Genuary 2008 has published the new cd with Piccola Banda Ikona called "Marea cu sarea" written in Sabir an old language of Mediterranean sea. On 2008 he is also the director of 7 Sóis Orkestra, a band who joints musicians from different musical cultures of the Mediterranean sea: the fado singer Margarida Guerreiro (Portugal), the violinist Jamal Ouassini (Maroc), the windinstruments player Eyal Sela (Israel), the flamengo guitarist Miguel Angel Ramos (Andalusia), the bass player Mario Rivera (Sicily), the percussionist Massimo Cusato (Calabria). The band has recently recordered the live CD "A night in Sicily". In 2003 he made his first recording as soloist called "Le Vespe", soundtrack of homonym play of Aristophanes. In 2005 he composed and recorded with the Piccola Banda Ikona "Stari Most" record for the italian label CNI, Compagnia Nuove Indye. As composer he worked also for film soundtracks, dance, theatre, poetry and television.

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