B
orn in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1981, he begins studying snare drum and drum set at eleven with his father Michael, with Luigi Cavalieri and Lorenzo Malacrida. In 1995, 1996 and 1998 he attends jazz seminars held in Lanciano, Italy, by the drummers Giulio Capiozzo, Joe Ventitelli and Ocie Davis. In 1998, 2001 and 2002 he participates in the Swiss National Drummer and Percussionist Contest; he wins first place in 2002 and is awarded a scholarship at Drummers Collective in New York, where he studies with Kim Plainfield. From 2000 he studies with Guido Parini at the Scuola di Musica Moderna in Lugano. In 2002 he begins his diploma studies in the jazz department of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and graduates in 2006. He has performed with Ruud Wiener, Sandro Schneebeli, Stefano Romerio, Roberto Pianca, Konstantin Uhrmeister and DJ Sosa. He is artistic director of Sonvico in Jazz, a jazz festival held in his home village of Sonvico, Switzerland: www.sonvicoinjazz.ch.
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