is a pianist, composer and educator originally from Italy. He began studying classical piano at the age of eleven and went on to major in piano at the Conservatory of Lecce, graduating with full marks in 2005. Silvio specializes in many styles of piano and has received numerous prizes at national piano competitions. After falling in love with jazz and improvisation when he was nineteen, he attended Lecce State Conservatory on a full jazz scholarship in 2012. His album “Flowing” is the result of a prize in a competition in Italy which he won and which allowed him to produce this record  . It was released in December 2018 (https://open.spotify.com/album/18J9OE3zABg8WxtzuFhzSY). Now he works as a sheet music arranger for www.musicnotes.com.

Silvio is also a music teacher with many years of experience, whose students range in age from 5 to 60+. He encourages music study not only for performance success, but also for personal development.