Italian composer and violinist. Little is known of his life. He was born in Umbria after 1620 but before 1634, and probably received his earliest musical training in Perugia. He moved to Innsbruck in 1652 to serve Archduke Ferdinand Karl, having been recruiyed that year together with Antonio Cesti. He remained in Innsbruck until the Archduke's death in 1662. He may possibly have teherafter taken a position in Messina, Sicily.