7th ART    

Pianist and composer.

Born in Milan, Italy, graduated as a pianist at the Music Conservatory “Guido Cantelli” in Novara. Originally classically trained, alongside his normal academic studies he paid particular attention to the world of afro-american music, in which he obtained a certificate of merit in the International Music Tournament. He also wholeheartedly dedicates himself to composing, always looking for an emotional, penetrating language, with a refined tune and built upon personal harmonic elaborations, which in some moments near the break-up of tonal links. His versatile music personality allows him to flick easily between different genres, putting pieces with the most introverse essence, side–by–side with those of an evident and contageous liveliness. A narrative journey which is difficult to put a “tag” on, insensitive to the divisions between the different “schools” of thought but leaning towards an understanding of the organisation of sound space like a measured interaction between writing and improvising.

In 2003 he took part in a TV programme for RSI dedicated to the history of Cinema, presented by the critic Claudio G. Fava. From that great experience was born “7th Art”, the overwhelming desire to imaginatively re–interpret some of the most striking soundtracks. These works could be called restless–soul music: challenging, experimental, boundary–defying material. They are characterized by lyrical, expressive playing which takes composer's ideas and leads them in entirely new directions: he seizes on an aspect of the original compositions and then he builds something astonishing to quickly leave the initial approach behind.