I was born in Piacenza, Italy, a long time ago and then studied with T.Friedli in Geneva, a great man and an immense teacher that taught me a lot in music and life.

I have been member of the of the Gustav Mahler Jugend-Orchester in 2002-2003, mainly as solo clarinet, and became solo bass clarinet of the Bergen Philharmonic in 2003.
I have always mainly been an orchestral musician and I then maintained an intense network of collaboration as guest bass clarinetist with many orchestras across Europe including Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra de la Suisse Romande, National Orchestra of S.Cecilia in Rome and Dutch Radio Philharmonic to name but a few, working under some of the most prestigious conductors such as Abbado, Boulez, Chung, Dutoit, Welzer-Most and recording for various labels including DG, Decca, EMI, Chandos, BIS.
Whether in my orchestra or elsewhere in some of my collaborations I played basically all the main repertoire and recorded quite a bit of it as well.

Go check the video at the top of the page! It says a lot of how I teach and what you might be getting yourself into :)

In 2014 the Bergen Philharmonic commissioned for me a new concerto for bass clarinet and orchestra to the Norwegian composer Henrik Hellstenius. The concerto, Still Panic, was premiered in April 2016 with the Bergen Philharmonic conducted by its chief conductor Edward Gardner and broadcasted live by the Norwegian radio NRK. A CD release is planned for the near future.

I'm bass clarinet teacher at the Griegakademiet in Bergen and a regular guest with BIT20 ensemble.

I'm a Buffet Crampon artist, I play an old Prestige that I love and Licostini mouthpieces.

Watch some of my stuff here:
http://digitaltkonserthus.no/video-konserter/2016/09/hellstenius-still-panic/
https://open.spotify.com/album/1ItN5hZiyhDl9yoIbOWSMq
https://open.spotify.com/album/0j8zU4iCXIw7uFFQFJPkn8