Born in Chicago (USA), he began studying the violin with Yuko Nasu. Moved to Italy he  graduated under the guidance of Renato De Barbieri at the N. Paganini Conservatory of Music in Genoa. After graduating from the violin he began studying the viola with M° Pozzi and M° Burattin, followed by Mendelssohn, Farulli, Gandelsman and Giuranna. He earned his second diploma with excellent marks, he won the viola competitions for  the RAI in Turin and later first viola at the Teatro Regio in Turin and the Carlo Felice in Genova, where he still holds the role. He participated in the recording of the complete quartets with guitar by Niccolò Paganini with the Paganini Quartet. He collaborates with important formations that are dedicated to the execution of the Baroque and classical repertoire on period instruments such as Il Giardino Armonico, Europa Galante,  Byzantine Academy, touring the most important theaters in Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, Paris, Prague, Sydney, Tokyo, Vienna, etc. and recording  for major record companies.