EDUCATION

Dec 2002: University graduate in Musicology (3 year course) at Scuola di Paleografia e Filologia Musicale di Cremona (Università degli Studi di Pavia- Italy) with a final thesis in: “L’arpa nei trattati d’orchestrazione dell’Ottocento francese”

June 2001: Music school graduate in Harp (10 year course) with the harp teacher Annadele Mariani at Conservatorio "G. Verdi" di Milano(Italy).

June 1999: High school graduate (5 year course) at Liceo Artistico - Musicale del Conservatorio "G. Verdi" di Milano (Italy).

June 1994: Secondary school graduate (3 year course) at Scuola Media annessa al Conservatorio "G. Verdi" di Milano (Italy) .

OTHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATES

March-Sept. 2003: Erasmus scholarship, Summer semester (7 months) at the LMU Ludwig Maximilian University, Musicolgy faculty, Munich (Germany).

June 2002: Certificate for one year training course for teaching harp in schools, with the harp teacher Annadele Mariani at  Conservatorio "G. Verdi" di Milano (Italy).
November 2001: Harp masterclass in Florence- Italy (Palazzo Grifoni Budini-Gattai) with the harpist Susanna Mildonian (harp teacher at Royal Music School in Brussells (Belgium).

September 2000: Jazz and Pop Harp Master Class at the "1° European Pop & Jazz Harp Festival" Remagen (Germany) with the teachers Park Stickney (famous harpist from New York), Carrol McLaughlin (harp teacher at the University of Music, Tucson - Arizona U.S.A) and Harvi Griffin (famous American jazz harpist).

June 1999: Licenza di Armonia (Musical composition and musical analyses certificate, 5 year course) at Conservatorio "G. Verdi" di Milano (Italy).

June 1999: Licenza di Storia della Musica (Musical history certificate, 3 year course) at Conservatorio "G. Verdi" di Milano(Italy) .

June1998: General Jazz Music Master Class (8 month course) with the Jazz teacher Gaetano Liguori at Conservatorio "G. Verdi" di Milano.

August 1998: Jazz Harp Course (1 month course) at "Berkley Summer School at Umbria Jazz Clinics '98" (Perugia- Italy) with the teachers Park Stickney (famous harpist from New York) and Carrol McLaughlin (harp teacher at the University of Music, Tucson - Arizona U.S.A.).

July1997: Harp Master Class (1 month course) with the harp teacher Guglielmina Spiaggia at "Corsi Internazionali Musicali" organized by Società Jupiter Genova (Italy).

June1994: Licenza di Teoria e solfeggio (Musical theory certificate) at Conservatorio "G. Verdi" di Milano (Italy).

Private piano lessons.

1990-1994: Flute lessons at the Music School of Rozzano (Milano- Italy).