Bio
Inizia a studiare da autodidatta ritmi e strumenti a percussione dell’area Afro-Cubana e Brasiliana.
Frequenta i corsi specializzati della DRUMMER’S COLLECTIVE di NEW YORK, studiando con insegnanti quali Frankie Malabe (Peter Erskine group) e Cyro Baptista (David Byrne, Paul Simon).
Entra a far parte della band del cantautore Luca Carboni, con il quale effettua diverse tournée in Italia e all’estero.
Partecipa alla realizzazione delle musiche sullo spot “I giovani e le discoteche” trasmesso su Videomusic e Rai Tre.
Partecipa al “Festival del Ritmo e delle Percussioni” esibendosi insieme ai batteristi Daniele Tedeschi (Vasco Rossi) e Walter Calloni (Lucio Battisti, Premiata Forneria Marconi).
Con il gruppo “Canto e Discanto” risulta tra i vincitori del Premio Recanati delle Nuove Tendenze delle Musica d’autore trasmesso su Rai Due.
Si esibisce e collabora con:
• Italian Artists
Gianni Morandi, Luca Carboni, Neffa, Mietta, Funky Company, Sambahia, Stadio, Nomadi, Paolo Rossi, Tosca, Vinicio Capossela, Samuele Bersani, Bruno Lauzi, Kikkombo Group, Jazz Art Orchestra, Iskra Menarini, Francesca Alotta, Antonello Salis.
• International Artists
Willy DeVille, Urban Cookies Collective, Vinx (Sting), Airto Moreira, Bob Moses, Tony Oxley, Marivaldo Paim (director of renowed Ile Aiye bloco from Salvador de Bahia), Eumir Deodato, Liron Man (Israelian Hang player), Guinga (brazilian composer on Sergio Mendes CD Brasileiro), Margareth Menezes, Hamid Drake.
Ha partecipato alle incisioni in oltre 50 dischi.
E’ stato finalista al concorso internazionale sulle percussioni “Perc Fest 2000” insieme a Roberto Rossi, con il quale, unitamente a Felice Del Gaudio, ha pubblicato un metodo edito dalla BMG Ricordi: “La Sezione Ritmica Brasiliana” (comprensivo di CD).
Dal 1997 dirige e coordina l’Accademia Do Ritmo Afroeira, una delle più accreditate “Scuole di Samba” in Italia, con cui ha inciso due CD: Afroeira Live (2003) e Tambores (2007).
ENGLISH
He started studying self-taught rhythms and percussion instruments of the Afro-Cuban and Brazilian tradition.
Then he attended the courses of the renowed Drummer’s Collective in New York City, studying with teachers such as Frankie Malabe (Peter Erskine group) and Cyro Baptista (David Byrne, Paul Simon).
Become part of the band’s songwriter Luca Carboni, with whom he made several tours in Italy and abroad.
Participates in the “Festival of Rhythm and Percussion”, performing along with drummer Daniele Tedeschi (Vasco Rossi) and Walter Calloni (Lucio Battisti, PFM).
With the group “CantoDiscanto” ( www.cantodiscanto.com ) is among the winners of the Recanati New Trends in Music, broadcasted on RAI TV.
Has recorded on about 40 CDs; he performed and collaborated (among others) with:
• Italian Artists
Gianni Morandi, Luca Carboni, Neffa, Mietta, Funky Company, Sambahia, Stadio, Nomadi, Paolo Rossi, Tosca, Vinicio Capossela, Samuele Bersani, Bruno Lauzi, Kikkombo Group, Jazz Art Orchestra, Iskra Menarini, Francesca Alotta, Antonello Salis.
• International Artists
Willy DeVille, Urban Cookies Collective, Vinx (Sting), Airto Moreira, Bob Moses, Tony Oxley, Marivaldo Paim (director of renowed Ile Aiye bloco from Salvador de Bahia), Eumir Deodato, Liron Man (Israelian Hang player), Guinga (brazilian composer on Sergio Mendes CD Brasileiro), Margareth Menezes, Hamid Drake.
He was a finalist at the International Percussion festival “Perc Fest 2000” with drummer Roberto Rossi, with whom, together with Felice Del Gaudio on bass, has published a method published by BMG Ricordi: “The Brazilian Rhythm Section” (includes CD).
Since 1997 he is the Director of “ The Academy of Rhythm AFROEIRA” (www.afroeira.com), one of the most reliable “Samba Schools” in Italy, with whom has recorded two CDs.
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