Graduated from the Conservatory “U. Giordano” in Foggia with Vincenzo Conteduca, he perfected his skills at the Accademia Italiana del Flauto in Rome with Calogero Palermo and attended masterclasses by Corrado Giuffredi, Karl Laister and Alessandro Carbonare. Winner of numerous auditions for orchestra, scholarships and solo competitions, including the First Absolute Prize at the prestigious International Clarinet Competition “Saverio Mercadante” in Noci (BA), 1st Absolute Prize in the Solo Wind category of the National Competition “Nuovi Orizzonti” in Arezzo, 2nd Prize at the International Clarinet Competition “Giacomo Mensi” in Breno (BS), 3rd Prize at the “Rino Viani” competition in Carpi (MO), and 3rd Prize at the National Clarinet Competition “Ciro Scarponi” in Assisi. He has collaborated as First Clarinet Soloist with orchestras including: Orchestra National de France in Paris, Orchestra Cherubini, Orchestra of the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Orchestra Haydn in Bolzano, Orchestra I Virtuosi Italiani, Orchestra of the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Orchestra of the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Symphony Orchestra of the Metropolitan City of Bari, under the direction of conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Emmanuel Krivine, Fabio Luisi, Zubin Mehta, Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki, Isaac Karabtchevsky, Nevill Marriner, Donato Renzetti, Piero Bellugi, Daniel Oren, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Claudio Scimone. He is First Clarinet Soloist at the Orchestra of the Operà Royal de Wallonie in Liegè (Belgium).