Biography

He graduated with distinction in Cello from the Messina Conservatory under Maestro Maurizio Simonelli, and in Viola da gamba with top marks from the Vicenza Conservatory under Maestro Paolo Biordi, also earning a diploma in Music Education.

From 1997 to 2004 he worked regularly with the Venice Baroque Orchestra conducted by Andrea Marcon, performing at the main festivals and concert halls of Europe, the United States and Japan, and making recordings for Sony Classical and Deutsche Grammophon. Over the years he has played with many prestigious orchestras and ensembles, including the Orchestra Barocca di Bologna, the Orchestra Barocca Siciliana, Consortium Carissimi, Consort Veneto, I Barocchisti, La Stagione Armonica, Accademia Strumentale Italiana, I Musicali Affetti and De Labyrintho. With these groups he has toured internationally in Germany, France, Poland, Austria, Hungary and Mexico.

Alongside his intense concert activity he has a prolific recording career. He has taken part in many recordings for labels of the highest prestige, such as Deutsche Grammophon Archiv, Arts, Bongiovanni, CPO, Dynamic, Glossa, Naxos, Stradivarius, Tactus and K617. As a soloist he has released “Bitte Ruhe” and “Occhi vaghi e leggiadri” on Urania Records. In 2022 he recorded the sonatas op. 4 by G.B. Sammartini for cello and basso continuo, released as a world première on Brilliant Classics.

In 2000 he founded the ensemble Dolci Accenti, of which he is artistic director, performing regularly throughout Europe. He is also artistic director of the International Early Music Festival “Note senza tempo” in Sassari and of SYEMF. Always committed to teaching, in 2022 he founded the Accademia Galán, a reference point for young instrumentalists studying early music. He currently teaches cello at the “Pigafetta” Music High School in Vicenza.