[Text available only in English] He begins studying piano at the age of four and attends middle school at the “Santa Cecilia” Conservatory in Rome. In 1993, he starts studying jazz piano with Fabrizio Pieroni (until 1996) and attends the Umbria Jazz Clinics in 1994. In October 1996, he begins studying composition with Teresa Procaccini and continues his jazz piano training with Ramberto Ciammarughi from October 1997. In April 1998, he participates in a jazz masterclass held by Ciammarughi himself,...