I touched a piano for the first time when I was five. You could say it was love at first sight, and I took advantage of every occasion to make hideous sounds on two tiny little keys. I wasn’t very good until I became decent, and my zeal has lasted for years. The people who showed me the piano doomed me to a lifetime of passion and zero interest in anything but music.

Over the years, I&r...
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I touched a piano for the first time when I was five. You could say it was love at first sight, and I took advantage of every occasion to make hideous sounds on two tiny little keys. I wasn’t very good until I became decent, and my zeal has lasted for years. The people who showed me the piano doomed me to a lifetime of passion and zero interest in anything but music.

Over the years, I’ve been a self-taught artist who preferred to “steal” techniques and inspiration from those who were better than me, hoping that the student would become the teacher one day. Given the fact that I’m now a modern piano teacher at the “L’Altrosuono” school in Brescia, you could say that I kinda made it.

When I’m not performing, composing, recording music in my studio, or using the piano as brain food, you may find me cooking actual food and cycling around the country to work it off. I also happen to be tech-savvy and am able to produce pieces for IT-related projects.
Since July 2023 a voting member of the Recording Academy.
October 2023 Artist-In-Residence at SUNY Oneonta.

ACADEMIC STUDIES
Scuola Popolare di Musica, Cremona: harmony, jazz piano and improvisation with R. Cipelli and M. Piacentini,
CPM Music Institute, Milano with Frano D’Andrea
Seminari Internazionali Estivi “Siena Jazz” with P. Fresu
ARCI - Cremona Masterclass with Han Bennink
Triennium Jazz at the conservatory L. Marenzio di Brescia
MasterClass with Herbie Hancock

Recent discography:
“Hippie Tendencies” - Hippie Tendencies
“Identity” - Hippie Tendencies
“Se io ho perso…chi ha vinto?” Anna Maria Castelli
“The Italian Project” - Lisa Bell
“Furaha” - RVG Trio
“Dream Settings” - M. Cremaschini
“The Dark Seas of The Moon” - M. Cremaschini
“NoteSpeak” - Lisa Marie Simmons
“Thorns and Roses” YaMatto
"We’re Gonna change It" - L. M. Simmons
“Even In My Soul” - Marco Cocconi quartet
"Despues De Ti" - Salma
"Lisa Meets Gianni" - L. M. Simmons
"NoteSpeak 12" - L.M. Simmons
"A better Woman - Humanity Mix" - Cole Williams, L.M. Simmons
.....and many other collaborations!
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