Leo

I was born a disciple of the great Dimitri Romano in 1997. After spending eons on the deep atmosphere of black and white keys and attending classes under Franco Angeleri, I graduated from the Conservatory of Padua.

Competitions for young players were among my interests: as a piano player, or accompanying violins, solo singers and choruses; along this path, in 2000 I was awarded the first prize in the S.Cecilia Piano Solo Competition.

Besides classical music, I realized that a deep passion for synthesizers and computer music was growing inside me.

Some masterclasses, like the ones with Bernard Lagacè and Giampaolo Nuti, enlightened my journey. The dearest memory about this is Jordan Rudess, Dream Theater's keyboardist, choosing me in 2004 for his unique European Masterclass in the class of Improvisation.

In those same years the amazing experience in the prog-metal band Hypnotic Suggestions taught me a lot.



Over the past few years, I’ve been working on some experimental projects based

only on musical collaboration over the Internet. My interests also led me to compose original

soundtracks for naturalistic documentaries.



When I was a child I had discovered astronomy and Asimov. I was lucky enough and had the chance to follow my hybrid nature. After graduating in Aerospace Engineering, I attended the International Piano Academy in Padua for two years, with Francesca Cucciarrè, Riccardo Zadra and Federica Righini.

2007 was the year of my 4th prize in the composing competition "Premio Nino Rota", but above all it was a year of revolution in all aspects of my life.

The first reflection of this process was the dawn of my first prototype demo album “Nugae”, which one year later led to his brother “Hagakure”.

Teaching has been remarkably important for my growth. After many profitable experiences, I landed in the fantastic alien planet of "Sonopoli" center in Padua .



My experiments in music brought to my international debut in 2009 with a show at the legendary jazz club A- Trane, in Berlin, Germany.



At present I am enrolled in the the PhD School of Research in Sciences, Technologies and

Measurements for Space (STMS) at the University of Padua, and I work in the field of

spacecraft protection against orbital debris and micro-meteoroids as well as in the development of a cold gas actuator for a ESA project, where fate made me cross paths with amazing people.



These last tough months saw the rise of my new project Shu, where you will meet a blurred light.



Cicero wrote: “Ut oculus sic animus se non videns alia cernit” . With my music I’m trying to create a mirror for my eye.