Born in Italy in 1974. He studied piano and composition with Vincenzo Balzani, Carlo Landini, Pippo Molino, and Sonia Bo in Piacenza and Milan. He attended masterclasses run by Gérard Grisey and Mauricio Sotelo.
His compositional prizes include the Comité de Lecture de l’IRCAM/Ensemble intercontemporain in 2003 and a scholarship of the Akademie der Künste of Berlin in 2005. He was also awarded the Förderpreis of the Salzburg Music Award 2013.
His works have been performed at leading festivals including Munich Biennale, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, Wien Modern, Festival Musica in Strasbourg, European Music Month in Basel, Gaudeamus in Amsterdam, Alicante Festival, as well as at famous venues such as Vienna’s Konzerthaus, Berlin’s Konzerthaus, Centre Pompidou, Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum, Munich’s Gasteig, Madrid’s Auditorio Nacional, New York, London, Rome, Milan, Turin, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Saarbrücken, Dublin, Helsinki, and Boston, by leading ensembles and orchestras such as the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin, Klangforum Wien, Diotima Quartet, Ensemble intercontemporain, Trio Accanto, Ensemble Contrechamps, Ensemble 2e2m, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Ensemble Alter Ego, KNM Berlin, Ensemble Mosaik, Ensemble Espai Sonor, Trio Arbos conducted by Emilio Pomarico, Sylvain Cambreling, FrançoisXavier Roth, Lothar Zagrosek, Susanna Mälkki, Beat Furrer, Jean Deroyer, Lucas Vis, Johannes Kalitzke, Enno Poppe, Pierre Roullier, and Voro García.
In June 2008 his first orchestral piece, Violin Concerto, was premiered at the Konzerthaus in Berlin by soloist Viviane Hagner and the Konzerthaus Orchester conducted by Lothar Zagrosek. His new piece for orchestra, Selfportrait with Orchestra, was premiered by the SWR Symphony conducted by Emilio Pomarico at the Festival Musica in Strasbourg in 2010.
His chamber opera La philosophie dans le labyrinthe, written jointly with the poet Edoardo Sanguineti, was premiered in 2006 at the 10th Munich Biennale.
In 2011 the Stradivarius label released a CD dedicated to his works, performed by soprano Petra Hoffmann, trombonist Carlos Gil, and Ensemble Espai Sonor conducted by Voro García. He has received commissions notably from Klangforum Wien, Ensemble intercontemporain, Ensemble musikFabrik, Ensemble Contrechamps, Munich Biennale, Konzerthaus Berlin, Saarland Radio, South West German Radio, Akademie der Künste Berlin, Bavarian State Opera, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, CDMC Madrid, Festival Musica in Strasbourg, MaerzMusik, Musik im Wattens, Alois Lageder, Sligo New Music Festival and RTE Lyric FM, Klangspuren Plus, the Spanish Ministry of Culture and the French Ministry of Culture.
Since 2010 he is a professor at ESMUC in Barcelona. His works are published by Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, Milan. He lives in Madrid.

Major works: Klangregie for piano (2000–1), Concertino for trombone, flute, oboe, viola, cello and piano (2001), Trio for violin, cello and accordion (2001–2), Tele for piano and accordion (2002), Minotaurus, Dreaming for soprano, countertenor and two instrumental groups (2002), Visible for piccolo (2002–3), La philosophie dans le labyrinthe, chamber opera (2002–5), Trio II for violin, cello and piano (2003), Seeds for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2004), Canzoni for four voices and four instruments (2004), Trio III for violin, viola, cello and electronics (2005), Latidos (2005), Trio IV for clarinet, cello and piano (2006), Dialoghi for soprano and accordion (2006–7), Violin Concerto (2006–8), Trazos for soprano and eight instruments (2007), Suite frammentata (from La philosophie dans le labyrinthe) for baroque flute, accordion and saloon piano (2007), Sabbia for 11 instruments (2007–8), Liquido for string quartet (2008–10), Brother for choir and six percussionists (2009), Giano, repainted for two instrumental groups (2009–10), Selfportrait with Orchestra (2010), Trio V for saxophone, percussion and piano (2010), Canto for saxophone, trombone, percussion, piano, violin and cello (2011), Blut for saxophone, percussion, piano and orchestra (2011–12), Parole di settembre – libro primo for countertenor and eight instruments (2012), Parole di settembre – libro secondo for soprano and string trio (2012–13), Parole di settembre, stage work (2012–13), Parole di settembre – libro terzo for baritone and 13 instruments (2013), Double for ensemble (2013–14).