Born in Palermo on 29th October 1959.
Since 1980 starts to devote himself by profession to the music, to the theatre and to performance in general,getting to be a member of a chorus that later on will became a vocal and instrumental ensemble,under the direction of maestro Gabriel Garrido, specialised in the repertory of ancient music.
He studies Renaissance singing, first with C. Carbi, then with V. Zimtea, W. Fromme, J. Dudley.
Since 1981 starts working with a theatrical company (Il Teatro Vagante of Palermo).
Meanwhile he devotes himself with passion to the study of Sicilian history and folk traditions.
Since the middle of the 80th he goes deep into the technique and the study of wind instruments
(trumpet, saxophone, clarinet) as an self-taught man, playing with the group “Agricantus”, too.
With his own theatrical company, he devotes himself to performances that can be brought back to the theatre of “Figure” (marionette, Chinese shadows, puppet), looking for a way of playing that starting from the manner of “pupari” (the typical Sicilian puppet showmen) and of “cuntastorie”
(traditional ballad-singer) searches its own vocal style.
From 1985 to 1996 devotes himself to the spreading of theatre and music in the schools in Sicily,
first of all on behalf of the Ente Autonomo Teatro Massimo (the local theatre organisation) in Palermo and then for the cultural co-operative society Agricantus of Palermo.
From 1987 to 2000 he took part to several recordings
(TACTUS, SYMPHONIA (Diapason d’oro award in 1991), K 167 (Diapason d’oro award in 1994, Vivaldi award in 1995), ACCENT, JAZZ HALO'.
taking part to many theatrical and musical tour in Italy and abroad.
In 1990 took part to the theatrical performance “La sposa di Messina” (the bride from Messina)
on a text of F. Schiller, directed by Elio De Capitani on the occasion of the Orestiadi in Gibellina.
During the season 1991/92 worked for the organisation of the bill of the Piccolo Teatro in Palermo
dedicated to the contemporary author’s theatre.
Actually conceives and directs artistical and didactic projects in the fields of music, theatre and animation.
These projects have been adopted and realised by several regional and municipal assessorships, schools, quarters and so on…
Since 1992 collaborates firmly with the cultural co-operative society AGRICANTUS of Palermo,
whom artistic direction he took upon himself in 1995.
In 1994 he starts collaborating about the music of search and of improvisation with other musicians
of the improviser area.
In 1995 he took care of the artistic direction of the music and theatrical review for teenagers “Music on the mirror”.
He took place as an actor to the short film of Salvo Cuccia “Mother Earth”.
In July 1996 he took place to the “poets night” organised by Alberto Masala in Rimini.
In summer 1996 he took on tour in Belgium (Alden Biesen and Anversa festivals) the performance “Roland’s Tale”
(those text he wrote) with the group of Renaissance music of Geneva “Dedalus” directed by Roberto Festa.
Still in 1996 he took place at a theatrical workgroup given by the director Carlo Cecchi and under the leading of the same director he played in W. Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet, performed in Palermo on occasion of the reopening of the half-destroyed historical theatre “Garibaldi”, collaborating to the scene’s music, too, with the composer and conductor Aimone Mantero.
Since 1996 belongs to the “Hereo nonetto” directed by Giorgio Occhipinti.
Actually is the artistic director of the Polyvalent Cultural Centre AGRICANTUS on behalf of which directs different theatrical and musical seasons of international level. He has been the musical responsible of the project “Inquiry of the God” written by Beatrice Monroy with the direction of Walter Manfrè and financed by the Town Council of Palermo (January - June 98).
He collaborated with the weekly newspaper “Avvenimenti” with some articles about history
and costume of Palermo. He founded in 1998 the Cultural Association ALF LEILA, and the Cultural Association COLORTANGO in 2001
Founded Cuarteto Palermo in 2003, tour in Italy and Europe 2003/2009

Various Collaborations
Carlo Actis Dato, Vito Amatulli, Marco Andriolo, Cristina Barbuti, Josep Benet, Paolo Botti, Francesco Branciamore, Luca Calabrese, Antonio Campobasso, Josep Cabre', Tiziana Cavaleri, Carlo Cecchi, Mimmo Cuticchio, Gaetano Costa, Salvo Cuccia, Elio De Capitani, Michel Doneda, Francesco Feruglio, Roberto Festa, Gabriel Garrido, Gianni Gebbia, Francesca Giannettino, Francesco La Licata, Monica Mauch, Lee Pui Ming, Michel Godard, Gunda Gottschalk, Charlotte Grattard, Giuseppe Guarrella, Maria Cristina Kiehr, Hans Koch, Peter Kowald; Maura Laudicina, Alexander Lonquich, Walter Manfrè, Alberto Masala,Willy Merz, Anfrè Minvielle, Jean Marc Montera, David Moss, Giancarlo Nicolai, Giorgio Occhipinti, Miriam Palma, Tiziano Popoli, Galatea Ranzi, Lauro Rossi, Paul Rutheford, Christian Saggese, Asher Salah, Trichy Sankharan, Barbara Sansone, Lucia Sardo, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Domenico Sciajno, Arkady Shilkloper, Valerio Tricoli, Trimpin, Don Wherry,

Original music:
Punch or of optimism 1998 (theatrical performance) (Prod. Il Teatro Vagante)
Ciarari (Smelling) 1992 (video) (Prod. Studio Lizard)
Puss in Boots 1993 (theatrical performance) (Prod. Il Teatro Vagante)
Inquiry on the God 1998 (theatrical performance) (Prod. Comune di Palermo)

Texts in Sicilian dialect written and represented:
Roland’s Tale freely inspired to L. Ariosto 94/95 (Prod. Radio Suisse Romande ? Geneva)
La putia di li surci (Mouse’s shop) freely taken from G. Rodari 95/96 (Prod. Coop. Agricantus).
'U surdatu (Prov. di Cosenza)

Discography
Firenze 1539 (TACTUS 1988)
Il secolo d'oro nel nuovo mondo - (SYMPHONIA 1992) Premio Diapason d'oro '92
Lo stellario della beata vergine (K 617 1994) Premio Diapason d'oro '94- Premio VIVALDI 1995
La favola di Orlando (ACCENT 1996)
Eredi (C.T.Dioniso 1999)
G.O.Hereo Nonetto + Cellos Sequences 2000 (Jazz’halò 2001)
Drip Drop – MIL (C.T. Dioniso 2001)
La Banda di Palermo ( Alf Leila 2002)
Volver (La locomotiva 2006)
Folkalab (2008)

Some participation and collaborations with public and private organisations:
E. A. Teatro Massimo di Palermo / Teatro Biondo di Palermo / Orestiadi di Gibellina (TP) /
Teatro Olimpico (Roma) / Teatro Due (Parma) / C.T.F. (Cervia) / Teatro Goldoni (Venezia) /
PiccoloTeatro di Palermo / C.R.T. (Milano) / Museo Int. delle Marionette (Palermo) /
Ist. Cult. Italo-Francese (Napoli) / Rassegna di teatro di figura (Padova) /
Ass. Figli d'Arte Cuticchio (Palermo) / Ass. "Antonio Il Verso" (Palermo) / Daedalus Ensemble (Ginevra) / Ass. Accademia Cantori Nuovi ( Palermo) / Officina Studi Medievali (Palermo) /
Liceo musicale Ganassi di Catania / R.A.I. / Radio Suisse Romande / Teatro Furio Camillo (Roma) Ass. Siciliana Amici della Musica./ Coop.va Agricantus (PA) / Elyma Ensemble (Ginevra) / E.T.I. (Roma). / Conserv..di Musica V. Bellini (PA). / Rassegna di teatro di figura (S.Miniato)./ Ass. A .d. M. (Campobasso)./ Ass.Teatro delle Beffe (PA). / Radio 3 (Belgio) / BRTN (TV Belga) / Festival Ibleo del Jazz (Ragusa); Bimhuis (Amsterdam); Progetto Cremona Teatri - Sirius (Biel) - Goethe Institut PA - 1° Festival Internazionale del Mediterraneo (Pozzallo RG) - Jazz Festival (Noci BA) -
Progetto Asolo (Asolo TV) - AKUT Jazz Festival (Mainz - D) - Festival Jazz De WEERT (Bruges - B) Jazz à Liege (LIEGI - B) - Incontri (Monte S.Savino -AR), Extra Moenia Festival SR, - F.I.L.O. Festival Londrina (Parana' - Brasile) - Jazz a Mulhouse (F) - Astiteatro (AT) - Le citta' Invisibili : Teatro Potlach (Bologna) - Farfa (RI) - Festivo (Chiemgau - Germania) - Curva Minore (Palermo) -

Sicilia Tango festival 2002/2009 Palermo

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