MUSICAL AND UNIVERSITY STUDIES
- Master in Piano Jazz, Conservatory “G.Nicolini” of Piacenza, academic year 2015/16, dissertation title: Composizione e ricomposizione estemporanea di materiale frammentario, director: M°Umberto Petrin, grade 110/110 cum laude and honorable mention.
- Master in Musicology (Recerca Musical), Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, academic year 2022/23 (July 2023).
- Degree Diploma, Accademia del Suono di Milano, academic year 2011/12.
- Master in Industrial Biotechnology, Università degli studi di Pavia, academic year 2012/13, dissertation title: Studi di ecotossicità e fotodegradazione di fluorochinoloni in matrice acquosa, director: prof. Michela Sturini, co-director: prof. Andrea Speltini.
- Degree in Biotechnology, Università degli studi di Pavia academic year 2010/11, dissertation title: Determinazione di Silicio in sangue ventricolare come possibile marker nella diagnosi di annegamento in acque dolci, director: prof. Michela Sturini, co-director: dr. Giovanni Pierucci.
- First course of the Degree in Electronic Music at the conservatory “G.Nicolini” of Piacenza, academic year 2016/17.
ADVANCED TRAINING COURSE
- Participation in the 43rd International Course of Gregorian Chant organized by AISCGre – Italian Section, Advanced Course, taught by professors Johannes Berchmans Göschl and Alessandro De Lillo, 25-30 July 2022 (Arco di Trento) and 9-11 September.
- Participation in the 42nd International Course of Gregorian Chant organized by the AISCGre – Italian Section, III level, taught by professors Luca Ronzitti, Giovanni Conti, Riccardo Zoia, Alessandro De Lillo, Francesco Ferraldeschi and Mariusz Nialkowski, 26-31 July 2021 (Arco di Trento) and 2-5 gennaio (online).
- Participation in the 41st International Course of Gregorian Chant organized by AISCGre – Italian Section, II level, taught by teachers Claudio Accorsi and Giovanni Conti, 20-25 July 2020 (Arco di Trento).
- Siena Jazz Workshops, Masterclass with Enrico Rava (2016).
- Further training course on non-idiomatic improvisation “ImproLab” with Enzo Rocco (academic year 2015/16).
- Siena Jazz Workshops, Advanced courses with Franco D’Andrea, Stefano Battaglia, Gerald Clayton, Drew Gress, Ettore Fioravanti and Becca Stevens (2015).
- Siena Jazz workshops, Refining courses with John Taylor and David Virelles (2014).
- Specialization seminar on the Indian Tala at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (Amsterdam, April 2014).
AWARDS
- International prize “Gianni Lenoci” (Poggiardo, 2021).
- International prize “Les promesses de l’art” (Paris, France, 2019).
- Winner of the national competition “Nuove Generazioni Jazz” (Italy, 2019).
- Winner of the European competition Music Lab (EU, 2018).
- National award “Artisti In Residenza” MIdJ, MiBACT, SIAE (Pechino, 2018).
- International award 12Points Festival (Aarhus, Denmark, 2017).
- National Award “Conad Jazz Contest” (Perugia, 2016)
- National award “We Insist!” MIdJ (Rome, 2015)
- International award “Giorgio Gaslini” (Borgotaro, 2015)
- National prize “Chicco Bettinardi” sez solisti (Piacenza, 2015).
- National prize “Chicco Bettinardi “sez. gruppi (Piacenza, 2014)
- International prize “European Jazz Contest” (Maastricht, 2014).
- International prize “Jazz by the Pool Competition” (Montegrotto, 2014).
MAIN DISCOGRAPHIC ACTIVITIES
As a leader:
Graduale Novum – vol.2 (Oriri 2022)
Graduale Novum – vol.1 (Oriri 2022)
Vox Organalis – module I (Oriri 2021)
OS (Oriri 2020)
Slippery (Oriri 2018)
Causality Chance Need (NAU 2016)
Almanacchi (USR 2015)
As sideman:
La Luce di Algeri (by Loris Lari, Dodici Lune 2021)
DUOS (by Davide Bussoleni, Teriyaki Records 2021)
A dog’s life (by 3alBot Jazz Quartet (self-produced 2013)
MAIN CONCERT ACTIVITY
- Festival Musica da Camera in Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana (Lugano) 2022.
- Agorà 2021 (Cremona)
- Sudtirol Jazz Festival 2021 (Bolzano)
- Piacenza Jazz Festival 2021 (Piacenza)
- Parmafrontiere 2021 and 2015 (Parma)
- Musica sulle Bocche 2021 (Alghero)
- Jazz a l’Aquila 2021 (L’Aquila)
- EuropaFest 2021 (Bucharest, Romania)
- Oltretromba Jazz Festival 2021 (Poggiardo)
- Barga Jazz 2021 and 2019 (Barga)
- Orbite 2021 (Modena)
- Nuoro Jazz 2020 and 2016 (Nuoro)
- Casa del Jazz 2020 and 2015 (Rome)
- Piacenza Jazz club 2020 (Piacenza)
- Les Promesses de l’art 2019 (Paris, France)
- Duc des Lombards (Paris, France, 2019)
- Jazz on the Road 2019 (Brescia)
- Beijing Jazz Fest 2018 (Beijing, China)
- Soresina Jazz Festival 2018, 2016 e 2014 (Soresina)
- 12 Points Festival 2017 (Aarhus, Denmark)
- Roccella Jazz 2017 (Roccella Jonica)
- Umbria Jazz 2016 e 2015 (Perugia)
- Novara Jazz 2015 (Novara)
- Hot Club (Ghent, Belgium, 2014)
- Soncino Jazz Festival 2013 (Soncino)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Professor of Chemistry and Biology at Ministero dell’Istruzione Italiana (2020-2022)
- Professor of Jazz Keyboards at the Istituto Pareggiato “F.Vittadini” (Pavia, 2016-2020)
- Piano Master Teacher at the Modern Art and Music Academy (Beijing, 2018)
- Tutor of Complementary Piano Jazz at the Conservatory “G.Nicolini” (Piacenza, 2015-2017)
- Accompanying pianist for the singing class of Becca Stevens (Siena Jazz seminar 2016)
- Piano teacher at the Accademia Musicale di Stradella (Stradella, 2018-2019)
- Piano teacher at the Associazione Musicale “Consorzio Concorde” (Crema, 2014-2018)
- Tutor of General and Inorganic Chemistry academic year 2010/11 at Università degli Studi di Pavia (Pavia, 2011)
PUBLICATIONS
- Modern Piano vol 1, 2 and 3 (MAMA, Beijing 2018).
- Silicon determination in human ventricular whole blood: A possible marker of drowning Analytical Biochemistry (vol. 426, issue 2,15 July 2012, pp.142-146, F.Orio F.Maraschi, M.Sturini, A.Speltini, A.Profumo, G.Pierucci)
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
- Vox Organalis: ricerca artistica tra il canto gregoriano e la musica elettronica, Convegno internazionale “Musicology in progress”, Università degli Studi di Pavia (Cremona/online, April 18-20, 2023)
- The Graduale from Sant Romà de Les Bons: further neumatic, liturgical and provenance studies, “International Medieval Meeting”, Universitat de Lleida (Lleida, June 26-28, 2023) (accepted)
- Lecturer at the masterclass Aree intervallari at CMA (Beijing, 2018)
- Collaborator at the masterclass I linguaggi dell’improvvisazione at Conservatorio “G.Nicolini” (Piacenza, 2017)
PRODUCTIONS AND MANAGEMENT
- Sound production of the exhibition Atmospheres di Riccardo Erata at the Fondazione del Teatro San Domenico (Crema, 2022).
- Production and direction of the show Uno scrittore che comincia per B – Dino Buzzati tra musica e parole organized by Crema Culture APS and sponsored by the Region of Lombardy (Crema, 2022).
- Production of the album Di stanze – miniature by Angelo Petraglia produced by Oriri (2020).
- Production of the album Basement by Tobia Bondesan and produced by Oriri (2018).
- Sound production of the exhibition Dante 33 in collaboration with Politecnico di Milano – sede Bovisa (2016).
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- CEO of Oriri Music Label
- Co-director of Schola Gregoriana Barcinonensis
- President of the cultural association Crema Culture APS
