Born 7 June, 1960, in Alessandria 
(Italy). 
Education: Milan Conservatorio 
(piano, viola and composition), 
Bologna University (graduated 
with maximum votes and honors - 
professors Umberto Eco, Aldo 
Clementi, Franco Donatoni 
among others); composition 
workshops with Brian Ferneyhough; 
conducting with Franco Ferrara 
and Sergiu Celibidache, workshops 
with Pierre Boulez and Leonard 
Bernstein. 

Honours

"Venezia Opera Prima" 1981, 
"Stipendienpreis" Darmstadt 1984, 
"European Music Year Prize" Venice - 
Cologne - Paris 1985, 
"Franco Evangelisti" Rome 1986, 
"Young Composers' Forum" Cologne 1989, 
"Young Talent 1989 of the Sophia 
Antipolis Foundation" Nice-Cannes 1989. 

Compositions played by

Compositions performed by numerous 
orchestras, ensembles and soloists including 
the European Community Youth Chamber Orchestra, 
Bamberger Symphoniker, French Radio Philharmonic 
Orchestra,  Baden-Baden Radio Symphony Orchestra, 
Danish Radio Orchestra, Montepulciano Festival 
Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, 
Venezia Chamber Orchestra, Ens. de cuivres et 
percussions de l’InterContemporain - Paris, Ens. 
2E2M - Paris, Singcircle - London.

Commissions

Works commisioned by Donaueschingen Musik Tage, 
Radio France, French Ministery of Culture, 
GRAME Lyon, Royaumont Foundation, Centre de 
Musique Electroacoustique de Metz, Swizerland 
Institut of Rome, Festival MANCA of Nice, town 
of Bielefeld.