Born in Lucca, Tuscany, on July 24 1954.
Biographical notes:
Father of: Lorenzo(1985) and Marta (1989)
Languages spoken: good spoken English, good pronunciation of German and French.
Hobbies: gardening, fishing, reading, trekking in the mountain.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Diploma in Opera Singing with a final grade of 10/10, October 1979.
Principal Harmony (4 Composition) with a final grade of 7.50, September 1979.
High school scientific diploma with a final grade of 40/60, July 1973.

ACADEMIC STUDIES UNDERTAKEN:
Scientific High School, 1969/1973.
Faculty of law at Pisa University, 1973/1975.
Soloist opera singing at “L.Boccherini” Conservatoire in Lucca, 1973/1979.

SUBJECTS STUDIED:
pianoforte, music theory and solfeggio, harmony, music history, choral singing, scenic art, poetic and dramatic literature.

PRIVATE STUDIES:
Opera singing with:
Cathy Berberian 1980 / 1981.Leyla Gencer 1981 / 1983.Rodolfo Celletti 1981 / 1983.Rina Del Monaco 1988 / 1991.Sara Sforni Corti 1991 / 1995.Giuseppe Di Stefano 1989.
Composition (private lessons and within the Conservatoire) with:
Sylvano Bussotti 1982 / 1984.Davide Anzaghi 1983.Brian Ferneyhough 1980.Ivan Fedele 1985 / 1986.

OTHER SUBJECTS STUDIED:
Chorus direction, orchestra direction, acting, production, Renaissance and Baroque music, diction, contemporary vocalization.

MAESTRO OF SOLOIST OPERA SINGING :
MILANO: “Giuseppe Verdi” public Conservatoire: since 1995.
LUCCA: “Luigi Boccherini” Conservatoire: 1990.
MILANO: “Scuola Civica” Academy: 1988.
PESCIA (PT): “Scuola Comunale”: 1991.
VIAREGGIO (LU): “Scuola Comunale”: 1987.

CHORAL SINGING AND CONDUCTOR:
TORINO: RADIOTELEVISIONE ITALIANA Chorus: 1985.
SVIZZERA: “Music Academy” of Lugano: 1996.
MILANO: "Nuova Polifonica Ambrosiana” chorus: 1986.
LIVORNO: "Corale Domenico Savio": 1982.
LUCCA - "Cappella Francesco Gasparini" Camaiore: 1986.

WINNER OF:
Ministerial Examination to become a permanent teacher at the conservatoire : 1995.( Placement: second best grade out of 650 participants).HELD:LUCCA “Teatro dei Rassicurati di Montecarlo”: 1997, 1998 and 1999.PISTOIA S. Quirico Valleriana: 1996.LUCCA Music Academy "Il Preludio" of Camaiore: 1995.PISTOIA "Pacini" theatre in Pescia: 1994, 1995 e 1996.COREA DEL SUD Woo Song University in Tae Jon: July '97, Genuary 2000.MICHIGAN, U.S.A. Flint Institute of Music: Ottobre 1997.BOLOGNA “Laboratori internaz. di Vidiciatico”: '98, '99, '00, '01.ILLINOIS, U.S.A. Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville: Genuary '99.VIAREGGIO Viareggio town: 2000.PONTREMOLI “Teatro della Rosa”: 2001.PONTEDASSIO (IM)”Teatro comunale”: 2001.PORRETTA TERME (BO) “Testoni theatre”: ’02, ’03, ’04, ’05, ’06.MASSA: “Guglielmi theatre”, 1999.NAPOLI: “Sala Napolitano”, 2003, 2004.RIMINI: Conservatoire “Lettimi”, 2003.TORRE DEL LAGO (LU): Puccini Festival, 2003.BELVEDERE LANGHE (CN), 2004.MILANO: “Tema” Academy, 2004 with the participation of ROLANDO PANERAI.BATON ROUGE (LOUISIANA – U.S.A.), 2005.PIEVE DI TECO (IM): “Salvini Theatre”, 2006.PORTOFERRAIO (LI): “Teatro dei Vigilanti”, 2006 with the participation of DANIELA DESSì and FABIOARMILIATO.

ITALIAN AND ITENATIONAL SINGING CONTESTS WON:MILANO - European :AS.LI.CO.: 1981.LUCCA – National: "Opera Barga": 1977 and 1978.GENOVA – European: "Teatro Comunale": 1979.LANCIANO (CH) - Natonal: 1979.EMPOLI (FI) - European: 1980. OF THE SINGING CONTEST:LUCCA – Internazional: "Giacomo Puccini": 1980.

THEATRES WHERE HE PERFORMED 62 OPERATIC ROLES :
(before as a Baritone and then as a Tenor)GENOVA – “Teatro Comunale”: 1980,1982,1986,1987,1990.TORINO – “Teatro Regio”: 1984, 1991.PALERMO – “Teatro Massimo”: 1987.VENEZIA – “Teatro La Fenice”: 1982.MARTINAFRANCA Festival: 1982.PARMA “Teatro Regio”: 1981, 1982.TORRE DEL LAGO Festival: 1980, 1986.MODENA – “Teatro Comunale”: 1980.COMO – “Teatro Sociale”: 1982.SASSARI – “Teatro Verdi”: 1988/1997.MANTOVA – “Teatro Sociale”: 1990.LUCCA – “Teatro del Giglio”: 1980,1990.TIMISOARA (Rome)- “Teatro di Stato”: 1995.IN OVER 200 CONCERTS:
in the opera houses of all Europe, in 7 languages, with various repertoires among which Sacred music, Opera, Lieder, Operetta, “da Camera”, “da Salotto”, Contemporaneous.

RECORDINGS:For Ricordi, Frequenz, Fonit-Cetra, RAI, Radio Svizzera Italiana.

VOCAL TECHNIQUE TEACHER:at the “Advanced sperimental course of chorus direction”.("G. Verdi" Conservatoire of Milano.) a.y. 97/98, 98/99, 99/00, 00/01,01/02.at the "Officine Musicali del Borgo" in Roma.(Improvers Classes in Italian operatic repertoire) a.y. 99/00,00/01.at the "Accademia TEMA" in Milano.(Improvers Classes in Italian operatic repertoire) a.a. 02/03.

GRADUATED STUDENTS:
many young solist singers graduated with excellent grades, and are now successfully performing in important Italian and foreign theratres. Among his current students: Andrea Bocelli.

PUBBLICATIONS
"SCUOLA DI CANTO LIRICO E MODERNO" (ed. Omega -Torino-), “Trattato vocalesulla "Tecnica di Affondo". Treatise with a scinetific tone, that has taken six years of work and research, with a preface of Andrea Boccelli and professor Franco Fussi, and which includes a CD containing vocal examples essential for a better understanding of the technique described.DIRECTOR OF:“SCUOLA DI CANTO EDI BOCELLI” since 2003.“NOI CHE CANTIAMO IN CORO” in Porretta Terme since 2005.The international “SANREMO MUSICA CLASSIC” dal 2006Collaborator of the operatic section of the music academy “MusiCantoElba” in Portoferraio