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Giuseppe, jazz pianist, composer, arranger, graduated in classical piano at the Conservatory "Tito Schipa" in Lecce and subsequently graduated with 110 cum laude in Jazz Music at the Conservatory "Niccolò Piccinni" in Bari. He attended several intensive seminars studying with the likes of Pier Narciso Masi for classical music and Stefano Bollani for Jazz. 

His career was immediately enriched by important experiences and collaborations.

He created the Mag Trio, a line-up with which he has already played several concerts in collaboration with many Apulian jazz musicians.

He has supported the recording projects of the Salento percussionist Gabriele Poso and has participated in numerous international tours of promotion.

The American producer Osunlade chose him for the formation of the Yoruba Soul Orchestra with which he recorded two records and participated in international tours.

Since 2009 he has collaborated with the violinist Alessandro Quarta with whom he has performed in prestigious Italian and European theatres ranging from the "classical" repertoire to jazz. 

In 2021 his first solo album, "My Inner Child", was born and took shape with the “Mag Trio”, in which Giuseppe is accompanied by Luca Alemanno on double bass and Karl-Henrik Ousbäck on drums. In summer 2022, he began an intense activity of concerts with his project, he began to plan the new album, a natural evolution of the first record work. In March 2023 held a series of presentation concerts in Germany, In Munich and province. 

On May 12, 2023, with Gleam Records, he released his second solo release “After the Rain”. A new album where Giuseppe, accompanied by Luca Alemanno on double bass and Vladimir Kostadinovic on drums, continues his expressive research in piano trio and piano only by experimenting in two tracks the string orchestra arrangement curated by the Violinist/ Composer Alessandro Quarta.

I Solisti Filarmonici Italiani are one of the world’s leading chamber ensembles/orchestras.

The peculiar tradition of Italian sound and virtuosity established in 1950 by I Virtuosi di Roma and since than worldwide appreciated among others by the critics of The New York Times, The Washington Post, Il Corriere della Sera, Diapason, CD Classica, Gramophone, Amadeus, The New York Times, Suddeutsche Zeitung continues until today with the newly-founded and named group.

The orchestra’s membership is comprised exclusively of leaders and first solo parts from the major italian orchestras and international competitions winners.

They play a repertoire from the string Sextet to the String Orchestra always without conductor.

Worthy of special mention in their wide activities are the successful appearances in New York, Washington, Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, Buenos Aires, San Paolo, Rio de Janeiro, Amsterdam, Berlin, Bonn, Munich, Vienna, Paris, Madrid, Milan, Rome, Istanbul, Taipei, Seoul, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Osaka touring with friends as Kathleen Battle, Hansjorg Schellenberger, Milan Turkovic, Michala Petri, Mstislav Rostropovic, Paul Badura-Skoda, Charlotte Margiono, Andrea Griminelli etc.

Their extensive discography comprises recordings with Denon Nippon Columbia, Altus Music, Stradivarius, Velut Luna, Decca and CPO.

Recent recording activities include the complete works for String Orchestra by Grieg, a selection of rare scores (Stage and Film music) in autograph versions by N.Rota and E.Morricone, a collection of unpublished Italian Virtuoso pieces for Strings of the XIX century, the String Octet and the Piano Sextet by Mendelssohn, a selection of famous Italian Baroque pieces transcribed for string orchestra by Respighi and Zandonai and a Decca recording with the flutist Andrea Griminelli.

Future plans include the complete works for Strings by Tchaikovsky with CPO.Moreover the group plays regularly in many European countries (Italy, Austria, Germany, Spain) and every two years is touring extensively Usa, South America, Japan, China and Corea.