Tenor and soprano saxophonist, composer. Born in Turin in 1964, he obtained his first significant professional engagement at just 20 years old with the group Area II led by founding drummer Giulio Capiozzo.

In 1995 he was awarded by the magazine Musica Jazz as best new talent. Since then his professional career has unfolded between Italy, Europe and the entire world. He has played with: Clark Terry, Nat Adderley, Jimmy Cobb, Sting, Albert Heath, Benny Golson, Billy Cobham, Branford Marsalis, Joe Lovano, Aldo Romano, Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu, Enrico Pieranunzi and many others.

He has 22 albums under his own name or as a co-leader and more than 100 as a sideman. He is the only European artist to have been published by one of the most prestigious American specialized labels, Maxjazz (“Where or When”, 2013).

In 2015, 2016 and 2017 he won the Jazzit Readers Poll (announced by the Italian specialized magazine Jazzit) as best Italian Tenor Sax.

From 2016 to 2022 he made long tours in Russia, where he is now widely known and appreciated.
Other countries where he has toured in recent years are Mexico and South Africa. He has performed several times in New York with an American quartet of his own and recently at the Vancouver Festival, Canada.

In October 2016 he was invited to hold a masterclass at the Juilliard School in New York.

His 2018 Warner album dedicated to Lester Young, “ No Eyes ” was voted among the top 3 albums of the year by Musica Jazz.

In February 2022 he made a further and captivating tour in Russia, reaching as far as the Eastern Pacific, travelling alone throughout the country and returning to Italy a few days before the outbreak of the conflict with Ukraine.

In June 2022 he published his first book entitled “ What do you think about when you play? ” for Blonk Editore.

In September 2022 he conceived and published, again for Warner, “ Far Away ”, a fascinating multimedia project recorded and filmed on board a sailing boat, with the participation of the actor Filippo Timi.

In 2025 his latest album was released, for Right Tempo Mono jazz, with Dado Moroni, Nicholas Thys and Jorge Rossy.

He is a teacher of Jazz Saxophone and Head of Department of the Jazz School at the G. Verdi Conservatory of Turin .