He graduated with full marks and honors from the Conservatory “Giovanni Battista Martini” in Bologna in 1985. He subsequently specialized with Ingo Goritzky at the Hochschule fur Musik in Stuttgart and then attended the courses of Hansjorg Schellenberger at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena. He is the winner of numerous national and international prizes including First Prize at the 4th International Oboe Competition of Tokyo, Second Prize (First...
