[2] Born in Turin, Italy,[1] into a family of lawyers and judges,[2] Clerici started cello studies at the age of five in the Suzuki method.
He performed with many Italian and a number of international orchestras in Russia, Austria, the United Kingdom and Turkey.
[1][3] At the invitation of Gianandrea Noseda, then music director at the Teatro Regio in his home town, Clerici became principal cello from 2009 to 2014 at that opera house.
In Sydney, he met his future wife, lawyer, now federal judge, and a patron of the SSO,[4] Sophie Given.
[2] In 2018, he conducted the SSO at a commercial engagement at a law convention, followed by a regional tour and concerts with other state orchestras.