“Homesick for Sicily” Op. 49 – This work is not just about the love for one’s home. Sicily is so marvellous!Sicily’s beauty is touching, just as Goethe said: “To have seen Italy without Sicily, is not to have seen Italy at all, as Sicily is the key to...

“In memory of…” Op. 48 - I had started working on this piece a few days before. Then I was walking in a park as usual and, while looking at some flowers, I found a suffering young sparrow unable to fly. I took it with me and I brought it home to look after...

“Musical Moment” Op. 47  - During a pause, while I was practicing before a concert, I improvised a cadenza that could become the finale of a new composition. After a few days, I developed it in my mind and I worked this storytelling and joyful piece...

2013 was the bicentenary of Verdi and Wagner’s birth and I was commissioned a memorial piece which had to be an epitome of both authors’ music. On my own initiative, I added the music of an almost unknown composer, Alkan, who was born in 1813, too. I...

“Prelude” Op. 44 – It is the result of many technical experiments I performed in the course of my career. Lasting about 30 seconds, it is a flash, the performance of acrobatic formulas to be played very quickly, with the tendency and the intention to...

I wrote this piece after I had leafed with pleasure and to the last detail through a Picasso’s works catalogue. Cubism shattered shapes inspired me. The resulting music, very different from my other works, conveys the essence of this language through...

“Concert Study” Op. 42 – From a blithe and burlesque introduction, this piece progresses towards swaying sounds that express the ebb and flow of the sea, a cornerstone for my inspiration. It is a piece full of timbre nuances and varied dynamic effects. It...

“Homage to Horst Tappert” Op. 41 – This notorious waltz was the theme of a famous TV show, Derrick. It gave me the idea for a reworking where my imagination could execute my own disposition and my virtuoso flair, as well as effects that can arouse feelings...

“The awakening” (for right hand only) Op.39 Studio (for right hand only) Op. 40 In piano literature, many great composers wrote pieces for left hand only, while there are fewer pieces for right hand. Therefore I decided to enrich this repertoire writing...

“Paraphrase from Ave Maria” Op. 38 – Following my own personal faith, I decided to write this paraphrase from Schubert’s theme to evoke a prayer to Virgin Mary, as I had already done for the Lord’s Prayer. I reworked the theme enriching it with virtuoso...

Lord’s Prayer” Op. 37 – Since I was little, I’ve always felt an urgent surge towards God, Who created everything. My spirituality allowed me to feel life as pervaded by His presence, His love, His gifts. I always claim I feel like a scribe whom God gave...

“Love Song” Lyric work for piano and voice Op. 36 – The melody of Nocturne Op.2 that I wrote many years ago was so suitable for a voice reworking that I decided to write this piece without lyrics but a sweet vocalize of vowel A.

“Burlesque” Waltz Op. 35 n. 3 –  It’s a sarcastic waltz. In its whirling flow, it reproduces a human mocking laughter in an onomatopoeic way, bantering XIX century affected waltzes. This piece is impressive for its extreme virtuoso nature.

“Dream” Nocturne Op. 35 n. 2 – The beginning of this work is similar to my previous composition and it is affected by my mood after visiting Edvard Munch’s exhibition. As I created music, impressions weakened, reflecting in a sweeter and smoother...

“Visions” Poem Op. 35 n. 1 – Edvard Munch’s paintings impressed a series of images in my mind that stuck for a long time. I decided to transcribe those impressions in a poem where edgy, dissonant harmonies prevail along with chiaroscuro effects; the result...

“Poem for an angel” Op. 34 – This is a short work I wrote the night before a concert. It was a particular moment. I felt the presence of an angel next to me. It was a fleeting moment. Caught by this feeling, I could not sleep, so I got up and I put that...

“The Blue Kite” Op. 32 – I got the inspiration for this work from childhood memories surfacing during a hot day on the beach, where happy kids were playing with a kite. I translated into music the sweet, tender and nostalgic visions of that blue kite I...

“Love musical box” Op. 31 – Since I was a child, I have always been interested in this small magic instruments giving out fascinating sounds. So, with my fanciful imagination, I transcribed into music the magic of a musical box.

“For the Glorious Saint” (Saint Francis of Paola’s Hymn) Op. 30 – I used to live opposite Saint Francis of Paola’s church, and during a religious celebration I heard the traditional hymn that was composed for Him. This sumptuous, emphatic and joyful music...

“Two Preludes” Op. 29 – As an Impressionistic painter who gazes at the landscape, catches the momentary suggestions and paints them on canvas, the same happened to me while I was watching the scenery before my house. The inspiration was so abrupt that I...