Born in Udine (I) in 1968

 

Training
-1987 Diplom in Clarinet at the Music High School "Jacopo Tomadini" (Udine).
-Private lessons in Saxophone and jazz music with  Bruno Romani.
-Jazzmasters with Giancarlo Schiaffini (Cividale 1991), Gianluigi Trovesi (Siena Jazz 1995), Enrico Pieranunzi (Cividale1996), Stefano Battaglia (Siena jazz winter 1996), Barre Philips (Bologna 2002), Tristan Honsinger (Trieste 2006).
-1997 was selected through notice of Tuscany Region, to attend the  high professional qualifications for young jazz musicians using  Internet.

Professional activity
-From 1996 to 1999 he was part of the Udine Big-Band and played with Jack Walrath, Tony Scott, Claudio Roditi, Steve Gut, Bruno Tommaso.
-In 2001 he founded  with the musicians of his region the  'Phophonix" orchestra, where he played until 2003.
-In 2000 he moved to Bologna, where he started to work with musicians of the improvised music scene in

“Bassesfere Collettive” in "Gallo Rojo Collective" and in many other projects.

- From 2001 collaborated with Giovanni  Maier "Mosaic orchestra" with whom he has recorded two CDs and a concert live

  on Italian broadcast Radio Rai Tre.
- He founded with the german accordionist Barbara Wolf the "Dvakuna duo" performing concerts in Europe.
- He founded with Olivia Bignardi the clarinet quartet "Ance migratorie"

- He participated four  times at the International Music Festival "Angelica" in Bologna, specially in the Opera "Galleria S. Francesco" of Tristan        Honsinger with international guests such as Misha Mengelberg, Isako Horikawa, Peter Brotzman, Ab Baars, Michael Moore, Alex Kolkowsky       and  Alvin Curran (on a dedication to John Cage).
- In 2005 he founded his quartet  "Henry Taylor" with Fabrizio Puglisi,Antonio Borghini,Zeno De Rossi.

- From 2003 he was in the Tristan Honsinger Octet "Small Talk" making concerts in Holland, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and a live recording on the    italian broadcast Radio Rai, later ended up on CD.

- He has played in Italy, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Holland.

- He had collaborations with dance and theater companies (Ferruccio Merisi, Lara Patrizio,  "Attori e Cantori",  "Artemis Danza").

- In 2013 he produced a CD "Baboon" with Tristan Honsinger and Tobias Delius.

- He is regular  with Sebi Tramontana, Christofer Varner,  I.C.I. Collective,  AERA  syrian quartet, Daniele D’Agaro, Domenico Caliri, Johannes       Fink, Luca Coassin, Gehrard Gschlossl, Danilo Gallo,Giovanni Maier, Giorgio Pacorig, Bassesfere Collective(I), El Gallo Rojo Collective(I) 

- He also leads the groups "Deutsches Trio", "Kaseko Projekt", "In&On"  in duo with the indonesian musician Ardhi Engl, and a "Solo" Project.

- Since 2008 he lives in Munich(D)

 

Festivals  

Uferlos (Freising 2023)

Ce Povem (Cepovan-Slo 2022)

Berlin Solo Impro  (Berlin 2021) 

Jazzaid Euritmica  (Munchen/Udine 2020)

Bauhaus Festival  (Munchen 2019)

Moka (Monfalcone 2018)

Musiknacht (Passau 2018)

Halle 6 (Munchen 2015-2016)

Novara Jazz (2013)
M.U.G. Munchen (2012,2014,2016)

Udine jazz (2011)

Mantova jazz (2009)

Schwere Reiter (Muenchen 2009)

Crossroads (Imola 2009)

Unscientific Italians (Padova 2008)

Angelica - international festival of music (Bologna 2006, 2008)

Konfrontationen (Nickelsdorf A 2005)

Instabile festival (Pisa 2005)
Drehleier (Muenchen 2004)

S.Anna Arresi (2004)

Grand Theatre (Groningen NL 2003)

Bimhuis (Amsterdam 2003)

Rai Radio3 Suite (Rome 2003)

Tacheles (Berlin 2003)

Ufa-Fabrik (Berlin 2003)

Random (classic village - Rome 2003)

Italian jazz rebels (Bologna 2002-2003)

Angelica - international festival of music (Bologna 2002)

Friuli Venezia Giulia jazz (Sesto al Reghena - Pn 2001)

Space is the place - Tribute to Sun Ra (Udine 2001)

No Borders Music (Tarvisio 2000)

Lignano jazz (1998)

Incontri jazz (Gorizia 1998)

Udine jazz (1996-97)
Tuscia-jazz (Viterbo 1995)