My name is Federico and I am a professional and Award Winning saxophone player. I worked at Koninklijk Conservatorium of Bruxelles as an Assistant Professor of Jeroen Van Herzeele the jazz saxophone professor. I graduated at Conservatorio G.Martucci of Salerno (Italy) and had both Bachelor and Master with full marks with honors. During the course of my studies i also spent two academic years abroad , one at the Kask and Conservatorium of Ghent with the supervision of Bart Defoort and one at the Koninklijk Conservatorium of Bruxelles with John Ruocco. In 2017 i won the "Massimo Urbani International Jazz Competition" prize that saw as head of the jury Kurt Rosenwinkel & Fabrizio Bosso. I play in several Jazz bands and I have been performing all around Europe. I recorded a solo album called "Right Now" with the famous Italian label "Philology Records" & the album"Supernova" with my own band. I also recorded several albums with different bands and of many styles, from jazz, funk to pop. I toured with the famous Italian Drummer Tullio De Piscopo (Pino Daniele, Mina, Astor Piazzolla's drummer) and also had the chance to make a variety of television appearances on Italian National Television (Rai1, Rai5, Rai3). Prizes & Awards - Toots Thielemans Jazz Award 2022 ( Jasen Weaver group) Bruxelles - A.I.R. artist residency 2019/20 - MIDJ/SIAE ( Festival International de Jazz de Montréal & Italian Cultural Istitute of Montréal ). - Tomorrow’s Jazz 2018 prize - (Veneto Jazz)
 - 1st place Massimo Urbani International Jazz Competition 2017 - Audience Award Massimo Urbani International Jazz Competition 2017 - VitaVita Prize “Italian Young Talent” 2017 - 3rd place at Bucharest Jazz Competition 2014 - Finalist at Barga Jazz Competition 2014 - 1st Place at “Campi Flegrei International Chamber Music Competition 2010”