Musica Siciliana 🌋 Sicilian Music 🆕 He started his drum studies at the age of 16, He’s studied southern Italian folk music styles and techniques on percussion instruments for 15 years, namely frame drums. Since his earliest approach to the instrument he has worked with a number of nationally famous musicians. Today he moves forward with his research on ancestral rhythms of his island heart exploring new and contemporary music forms and expressive techniques through his frame drums. In 2015 he brought his new solo project titled “BADR” in theatres and town squares; with this project he’s on the top-eight out of 1500 participants in Rome. In 2017 he was finalist to the Andrea Parodi Prize contest. In the same year he released his new album called “Democratica” with the CNI Unite record label. In the summer of 2018 he won the PYR INNOVATION LAB prize as solo percussionist at 1000Beats Festival, promoted by the European Drum & Percussion Academy; afterwards, he takes part to the Gongs&Skins International Percussion Festival held in Myanmar (former Burma), in November 2018. In 2019 he performs at Wuppertal Festival (Germany) with the show “Il Tamburo e la Voce” (The Drum and the Voice) organized by Ort association in memory of the master bassist Peter Kowald. In 2020 the record “Mircanti” (Merchants) released by Davide Campisi & Mimì Sterrantino achieved an excellent public response and has led the two musicians touring in more than 50 towns and cities all over Italy.