“My grandfather was Italian, I lived in Villa Medici in Rome for three years. When I was a child I could speak a little bit of Italian but I completely forgot it coming back to Paris. I love Italy, I can say I belong to this country in some way. People in Genoa have shown to be very kind and warm, I have felt really comfortable here. In the future I could even move to Italy, if the occasion comes out it will be a great pleasure”.

Born in Paris in 1981. He studied violin with Jean Lenert, Alexandre Benderski, Jean- Jacques Kantorov and Miriam Fried. He has taken part in various national and international competitions: he won the second prize at the German Claret International Competition in Barcelona in 1994; first prize at the International Young Musicians Competition in Canet in 1999 and the Moscow International Competi- tion in 2000.

He won the third prize at the Joachim Rodrigo International Competition in Madrid in 2004.

He has played as soloist with various orchestras, among which the Orchestre Française des Jeunes and Orchestre du CNSM of Paris. He has performed as a soloist in many concerts in Spain, France, Germany and Yugoslavia.

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