Graduated from the "Giuseppe Verdi" Conservatory in Milan with Franco Tufari, he perfected his studies with Georges Enescu in Paris and later in Vienna. At the age of twenty-two, in the role of first violin, with the "Quartetto di Milano" he won the Geneva International Competition; with this ensemble he performed in concerts in Italy and abroad. He was a member and soloist, for twenty years, of the "Virtuosi di Roma" conducted by Renato Fasano and later of the "Solisti Italiani," performing numerous tours all over the world.

He has to his credit first performances of many Italian composers, including: Bruno Bettinelli, Riccardo Malipiero, Pietro Grossi, Luciano Chailly, Aldo Clementi, Giorgio Federico Ghedini, Franco Donatoni; he also premiered in Italy music by Berg, Webern and Strawinski. He has been concertmaster violin of the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala in Milan and of the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, of which he was a founding member and a member of the Board of Directors.

. He has added teaching to his concert activity: he has held the chair of violin at the Conservatories of Turin and Parma and then at the Milan Conservatory. He has been a member of the group of "tutors" of the European Orchestra founded by Claudio Abbado and the "Mahler Jugend Orchestra."

He teaches at Scuola di Musica di Fiesole and is "tutor" for the violins of Orchestra Cherubini.

He has recorded for the Denon, E.M.I., Voce del Padrone and Sony labels.