Researcher in Music Performance, Pianist, Music Instructor
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)