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Multifaceted guitarist has played in different musical contexts.In ’92 he participated as a finalist at the Rome Jazz Fest for emerging young people at the foroitalico with the Antonio Tosques quartet, From 1994 to 2000 he performed in the pop field accompanying Francesca Alotta, Jo Squillo, Irene Fargo, also participating in television programs such as “Domenica in”. Since 2000 he has devoted himself completely to jazz and improvised music in general, he has played with nationally and internationally renowned musicians such as: Bob Mover, Mike Melillo, Robert Bonisolo, Marc Abrams, Greg Burk, Rosario Giuliani,Pietro Ciancaglini,Andrea Nunzi,Kile Gregory, Pierluigi Balducci, Ernst Rijseger, Luciano Biondini, Giuseppe Spagnoli, Jeremy Cohen, Fabio Accardi, Fabrizio Bosso, Mirko Signorile, Daniele Scannapieco, Tommaso Scannapieco, Gaetano Partipilo, Enzo Carpentieri, Gianni Le Noci, Sandro Satta, Tom Kirkpatrick, Rachel Gould , Mia Cooper, Cheryl Porter, Paolino Dalla Porta, Paolo Birro, Massimo Manzi, Fabio Mariani, Pietro Jodice, Antonio De Luise, Key Jay Forrest, Cristal White, Brian Horton, Kelvin Sholar , Marco Sannini, Az Shi Osada.With the ArtJazz quartet group he was among the three winners of the National Jazz Music Competition in the municipality of Baronissi in the professional section, with the jury chaired by Giovanni Tommaso, finishing in second place. June 2002 he was selected in the “Massimo Urbani Prize” competition and, in the same year, he was selected at the 4 ‘Concours International de Soliste de Jazz in Montecarlo where he participated and ranked 3rd, receiving the praise of the specialized jury. In the summer of 2003 wins the prestigious international jazz competition “Barga Jazz” (Tuscany) with the Artjazz quartet. He is a finalist in editions V and VII CONCURSO INTERNACIONAL DE GRUPOS DE JAZZ DE GRANADA (Spain) with the Antonio Tosques quartet – 2006/2008. His first record as a leader “Synopsis” brings the liner notes of Paolo Fresu and is He has been reviewed by the famous American magazine “jazzreview” which has defined Tosques as one of the new talents in the world. He has held concerts in Italy and Europe in important events. Together with drummer Pietro Iodice he directs the group “Lithium J quartet” with assets a recording “Psichedelic Light” for Galigola records with numerous concerts in Italy and abroad and reviews on the most important specialized magazines. He is a teacher of jazz guitar at the Conservatory “U. Giordano” of Foggia, detached section of Rodi Garganico. He was also a teacher of jazz guitar in the conservatories of Potenza, Lecce and Benevento. He taught from 2004 to 2008 at the UNIVERSITA ‘DELLA MUSIC in Rome and at “PERCENTO SCUOLA DI MUSICA” in Rome
