CV

Education

  • 2015 – 2019 · PhD in Music Technology, Department of Electronic Engineering, University of York, York, UK.
  • 2013 – 2015 · MA in Psychology of Music, Department of The University of Sheffield, UK.
  • 2000 – 2004 · BA in Musicology, Conservatory of Music “G. Verdi”, Milan, Italy.
  • 1988 – 1999 · Diploma in Piano Performance, Conservatory of Music “G. Verdi”, Milan, Italy.

Research positions

  • 01/10/2023 – present · Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion, Department of Musicology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
  • 01/05/2020 – 30/09/2023 · Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Music Acoustics, mdw University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
  • 07/11/2015 – 25/01/2019 · PhD Candidate, Department of Electronic Engineering, University of York, York, UK.

Research visits

  • 2025 · Casa Paganini – Info Mus, DIBRIS, University of Genova.
  • 2017 · Department of Speech, Music, and Hearing, Royal Institute of Technology KTH, Stockholm, Sweden.

Grants and Fellowships

  • 2023 – Marie Curie Postdoctoral fellowship (Euro 283K), European Union.
  • 2019 – Postdoctoral fellowship (SEK Kr 300K), Swedish Research Council (not taken).
  • 2019 – To publish open access (USD 1595), WRoCAH.
  • 2018 – To publish open access (Euro 13K), WRoCAH.
  • 2018 – To present at The Voice Foundation Symposium in the USA (£ 1055), WRoCAH.
  • 2018 – To present at the Together in Music (TiM) conference in the UK (£ 160), SEMPRE.
  • 2017 – Research activity (£ 1700), WRoCAH.
  • 2017 – To present at The Voice Foundation Symposium in the USA (£ 1670), at ESCOM (£ 661), and at the Performance Knowledge Conference (£ 200), WRoCAH.
  • 2017 – To present at the PEVOC Conference (£ 575), University of York.
  • 2016 – Research activity (£ 300), WRoCAH.
  • 2015-2018 – WRoCAH doctoral award (fees and maintenance)

Research Awards

  • 019 – Kathleen Mary Stott Prize for the best PhD student of the Department of Electronic Engineering, University of York (UK)
  • 2018 – Honorable Mention for the Best Student Award, The Voice Foundation, Philadelphia (USA)

Piano Performance Awards

  • 1996 – 3 rd Prize won at the Nuovi Talenti per Piano e Flauto, Pescara (Italy)
  • 1995 – 2nd Prize won at the Concorso Pianistico Città di Pineto, Pineto (Italy)
  • 1994 – 1st Prize won at the Concorso Nazionale Paolo Barrasso, Caramanico Terme (Italy)
  • 1993 – 1st Prize won at the Rassegna Internazionale Pescara Musica, Pescara (Italy)
  • 1993 – 2nd Prize won at the Coppa Pianisti d’Italia, Osimo (Italy)
  • 1993 – Golden Award for the Best Student of the Conservatory of Music of Pescara (Italy)