In the eighties, through an entertainment agency based in Bologna, he looked after the image of artists Lucio Dalla, Loredana Bertè and Francesco De Gregori and planned the stages of Gianna Nannini's America tour.
As a record producer, he brought success and, in some cases, revived the fortunes[3] of numerous Italian artists such as Zucchero Fornaciari, Luca Carboni, Gino Paoli, Pino Daniele, Lucio Dalla, Fabrizio De André, Biagio Antonacci, Ornella Vanoni, Andrea Bocelli, Giorgia, Vittorio Grigolo and Il Volo.
[4][5] He is also occasionally involved in forming duets between Italian and international artists; the latter include Barbra Streisand, Joe Cocker, Miles Davis, Eric Clapton, Paul Young and Ray Charles.
During the years of managing the image of the Tuscan artist, aimed at ensuring him a high-profile career, he was responsible for the organisation of numerous national and international events, including the Michael Jackson & Friends benefit concert held in Munich in 1999.
[9] At the 2015 Sanremo Festival, he consolidates also in Italy, through the victory of the singing competition, the success of the young boys that form the trio called Il Volo[10] and that, together with Tony Renis, he made famous in the world and in particular in the United States of America.