becomes his Assistant for a Conducting Masterclass in New York in June 2010. In March 2011 he conducts his first Italian concert, at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, on occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the Unity of Italy. In 2012 he decides to leave the legal career and devote to conducting full-time. Education After his degree in violin with M° Guido Furini at the Conservatorio di Musica "C. Pollini" in Padova, he further specializes with M° Felice Cusano and M° Taras Gabora. He also receives a Juris Doctor degree from the Università degli Studi di Padova, with a thesis on European Copyright Law and the overcoming of the territoriality principle because of the new technologies. He further receives a master's degree from Columbia University in New York (Columbia Law School), focusing on copyright. Furthermore, he participates in the "Executive Management" course at Harvard University. In 2002 he passes the Bar in Italy and in New York and in 2003 is formally admitted in both countries. Drawn to conducting at the Musikhochschule in Vienna with Leopold Hager, from 2007 to 2011 he participates in the "Orchestral Conducting" class at the Juilliard School of Music in New York with Maestro Vincent La Selva. Between 2009 and 2012 it is of great significance the mentorship of M° Piero Bellugi, of whom he is also assistant in New York. Assistant to M° Gustav Kuhn for the season 2012–2013 at the Tiroler Festspiele Erl (Austria), after his debut in Italy at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, where he conducts the Orchestra and Choir in the Concert for the 150th Anniversary of the Unity of Italy. He is guest to important music festivals: Ravello Festival, where he conducts for 3 years the famous Dawn Concert, Venice Festival, The Two Worlds Spoleto Festival, Valle d'Itria Festival, La Versiliana, Emilia Romagna Festival, Ljubljana Festival, Mittelfest and Baltic Musical Seasons. Career As Resident Conductor of the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova, in 2014 he debuts in opera, conducting Il Barbiere di Siviglia of Rossini and further L'Elisir d'Amore of Donizetti. He was Director of the Ensemble Opera Studio (EOS) at Teatro Carlo Felice, a project where 30 young singers were selected – among above 600 candidates from around the world – to work as staff singers at the theater. From that moment, he collaborates with the most important Italian theaters (Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino,