He graduated at the Conservatorio G.B. Martini in Bologna with Anna Maria Morini.He continued his studies with Cambursano, Adorjan, Klemm, Marion, Danesin. He studied also orchestral conducting with S.Celibidache. He was appointed as principal flute of the Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in 1988. In the same year he worked with S.Accardo and his Orchestra da Camera Italiana as principal flute. He has played as principal flute with such Orchestras as Filarmonici della Scala in Milan, Orchestra Nazionale di S. Cecilia in Rome, Orchestra da Camera di Mantova and I Virtuosi di S.Cecilia. He is member and founder of the Quintetto di fiati del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma.