Biography

A Voice Beyond Words

I was twelve when I first started piano lessons, almost by chance. At that time, words were a steep and winding path: I stammered, and every sentence felt like a small battle. Then the piano arrived, and everything changed. Through its eighty-eight keys, I discovered a new language, one that needed no words.
The piano became my voice. And ever since, my motto has remained the same:
“Through the piano I give voice to what words cannot express.”

Between Discipline and Instinct

As the years went by, I decided to study both classical piano and composition. Yet the conservatoire was a constant tension between discipline and instinct between technique and emotion, form and freedom. My teachers asked for precision; I longed for truth. That inner struggle, seemingly impossible to resolve, would later become the core of my music.

The Academic Path

I graduated in classical piano at the Luisa D’Annunzio Conservatory in Pescara, and continued my studies at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome. But over time, I realised that this way of living music ruled by perfection, rules and limits was distancing me from what I truly loved. The piano, once my freedom, was slowly becoming a cage. So, after years of study, I decided to step away.

Farewell and Return

It was a period of silence. I thought I needed to change direction, so I enrolled in a physics course. During those lessons, I met a mathematics teacher who would change my life. One day he said to me: “You love music. You’re only running away from yourself. You must express what you feel through the piano.”
Those words hit me like a wave. I cried.
And from that day, I returned to the piano not to perform, but to speak. It felt as though someone who had lost their voice had suddenly found it again.

Music as Healing

I began to compose again, transforming emotions and memories into sound. And something extraordinary happened: my stammer began to fade. Music, once my refuge, became my cure. It taught me how to breathe, to accept myself, and to turn vulnerability into strength. It was a rebirth the realisation that true beauty often grows from fragility.

Learning to Blend Worlds

With that new awareness, I returned to studying music in a different way. In Rome, I completed a master’s in music for video games, learning to approach sound through modern composition, synthesisers and design. Later, in Pescara, I obtained a second master’s degree in pop-rock composition, exploring how classical and contemporary languages could coexist.
Inspired by artists such as Ennio Morricone, Ludovico Einaudi, Hans Zimmer, Billie Eilish and Adele, I sought a personal voice one that could unite simplicity with depth, intimacy with vision.

The Meaning of “Metanio”

It was during that period that Metanio was born. The name comes from methane a molecule that is unstable because it holds one extra hydrogen atom. That “instability” fascinated me: it reflected my artistic nature, my creative restlessness, my need to transform chaos into harmony. But Metanio also represents a bridge between art and science between the emotion of sound and the order of mathematics and physics, two disciplines I’ve always loved and rediscovered thanks to that mathematician who changed my path.

It is my personal synthesis: vulnerability turned into energy, dissonance finding its balance.

Vienna: A New Beginning

In 2024, I completed a musical internship at the Vienna Music Institute (VMI).
There, I taught, performed with jazz, pop and crossover ensembles, and consolidated my identity as a neoclassical and contemporary composer. Vienna welcomed me with its artistic spirit, and I felt a deep connection as if my music had finally found its home.
On 28 June, I performed my first solo concert, “Earth & Soul”, a musical journey weaving together my original works with those of Einaudi. Between pieces, I shared my story about stammering, rediscovery and rebirth and the audience listened in silence, as if those notes were speaking for them too.

A Message of Hope

Every concert I give is a personal story. An invitation to believe that from difficulty can arise strength, and that following what you love can truly heal. Music gave me back my voice and my confidence, and now I try to pass that message on to others. I collaborate with an Italian association that supports young people with speech difficulties, helping them rediscover their own voice through music as I once did.

Today

Today, I divide my life between Vienna, London and Italy. I continue to compose and perform as a crossover pianist and composer, blending classical and contemporary languages, emotion and structure, heart and logic. Music has taught me that fragility is not a flaw, but a doorway to the soul. And everything I do every concert, every piece I write comes from one simple truth:
"Through the piano, I give voice to what words cannot express."