Born in Verona in 1974, he started playing classical guitar when he was 11.
Then he attended the "Antonio VIVALDI" Conservatory in Alessandria, where in 1994 he got the Diploma in guitar with the highest mark of "Ten out of ten", his teacher being Angelo Gilardino.
For three years he attended the International Advanced Academy of Music in Biella where in 1997 he got the Diploma with "Exellent".