 The peculiarity of his performances is an unmistakable romantic sound blended with the bel canto style and with the rigour of the middle-European instrumental tradition.He began studying violin at the age of 6 with Giovanni Leone.Aged 11 he participated in the "Rassegna Giovani Violinisti Città di Vittorio Veneto", winning first prize (in 1982, and in successive years 1984 and 1985).