 His father was a cellist, who also had a passion for lutherie, but the
extremely harsh economic conditions in the immediate post war period pushed him to
emigrate with his wife and son to Casablanca, Morocco in 1919.It was here that he opened a music
shop that sold instruments, sheet music and albums.When Riccardo turned three his father Carlo decided to make him a violinist, by teaching and making him his first instrument.