 At this point in his life he spoke Spanish, French, Arabic, and the Neapolitan dialect, though he still did not speak Italian.At eleven he graduated from the Conservatory and in 1929 Mussolini offered him a bursary in Italy, which allowed him to move to Rome where he joined the Arrigo Serato School.A few years later he graduated from the renowned Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in
Rome and the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena.