1. Bio
I was born and raised in Milan, Italy. Here I attended the University of Milan, the "G.Verdi" Music Conservatoire, and the "C.Abbado" Civica Scuola di Musica. At these institutions I studied Logic and Philosophy of Science, Musicology, Classical Guitar, and Music Composition (2002 -2011).
I then moved to the UK, and obtained a PhD in Music Psychology from the University of Sheffield (2014). During my doctoral studies I was Visiting Researcher at the Donders institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour of Radboud University (The Netherlands).
After my PhD, I held Postdoctoral Positions at the Cognitive and Systematic Musicology lab of The Ohio State University (USA), the Department of Psychology of Bosphorus University (Turkey), and the Institute for Music Education of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (Austria). Between 2014 and 2018 I was also Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of Music of the University of Sheffield (UK).
Currently I work at the Centre for Systematic Musicology of the University of Graz. Here I am Principal Investigator of an interdisciplinary research project on musical creativity and embodied cognitive science. I am also Senior Lecturer at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, where I teach the MA course "Psychology of Music Education".
I serve as Editorial Board Member of Musicae Scientiae, Frontiers in Psychology, the Journal of Creative Music Systems, and the Journal of Interdisciplinary Music Studies. I am Vice President of ESCOM - The European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music and Secretary of SIM - the Society for Interdisciplinary Musicology
I then moved to the UK, and obtained a PhD in Music Psychology from the University of Sheffield (2014). During my doctoral studies I was Visiting Researcher at the Donders institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour of Radboud University (The Netherlands).
After my PhD, I held Postdoctoral Positions at the Cognitive and Systematic Musicology lab of The Ohio State University (USA), the Department of Psychology of Bosphorus University (Turkey), and the Institute for Music Education of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (Austria). Between 2014 and 2018 I was also Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of Music of the University of Sheffield (UK).
Currently I work at the Centre for Systematic Musicology of the University of Graz. Here I am Principal Investigator of an interdisciplinary research project on musical creativity and embodied cognitive science. I am also Senior Lecturer at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, where I teach the MA course "Psychology of Music Education".
I serve as Editorial Board Member of Musicae Scientiae, Frontiers in Psychology, the Journal of Creative Music Systems, and the Journal of Interdisciplinary Music Studies. I am Vice President of ESCOM - The European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music and Secretary of SIM - the Society for Interdisciplinary Musicology
2. Music
Music is for me both a passion and a necessity. Throughout the years, I have benefitted from the mentorship of great teachers and musicians, and have had the opportunity to develop a personal style in both performance and composition. You can listen to some of my music here and here.
3. CV
Please contact me if interested in my full CV!