Born in Livorno, he graduated in bassoon from the Mascagni Music Institute in his hometown and then earned a Diploma of Merit in bassoon at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena for three consecutive years. He graduated in Modern History from the University of Pisa and in Visual Arts from the University of Bologna. In 1997 he was a finalist in the ARD International Competition in Munich with the Avant-garde Wind Quintet. In 1996 he joined the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna on a permanent basis, and in 2008 he was among the founders of the Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, of which he has been president since 2022. Since 2014 he has been editor of “Advances in Historical Studies.” A contributor to the journals “Classic Voice,” “Biblioteca di via Senato” and “Snaporaz,” his writings have also appeared in “Nuova Informazione Bibliografica,” “Psyche,” “Quaderni del Vittoriale” and “Sinn und Form.” He has published Paul Wittgenstein, the Pianist in Half (2017), Satie’s Umbrellas (2018), Invitation to Listening to Beethoven (2020), Variations on Fate (2022) and Invitation to Listening to Bruckner (2024).