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Overview

  • 81 references 66 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Italian; learning Finnish, Ligurian, Portuguese
  • 43, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • musical hang glider
  • Autarkic etiquette
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

be listening to the nature

ABOUT ME

I play and teach diatonic accordion in Italy and abroad. Through my work I have visited Canada, USA, Finland, Germany, Holland, Norway, Singapore, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium.
I have travelled Brazil, Madagascar, Mexico, Açores, Guatemala, Mauritius, Morocco and Sweden, without playing music.
I love travelling and I find couchsurfing a great opportunity for travelling the world.
I like to cook and to swim, but not at the same time.
I read books, essays and fiction.
I love to play in jam sessions of Irish and Brazilian music......

PHILOSOPHY

What if the very idea of growth — accumulating riches, destroying the environment and worsening social inequality — is a trap? Maybe we need to aim to create a society that is based on quality not quantity, on cooperation and not competition.

Interests

folk music, contemporary music, books, walking, travelling, swimming. I like to conduct a life with as less stress as possible

Music, Movies, and Books

I love to listen to music, of course
Some of my favourites are Steve Reich, Dave Holland Quintet, the King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Johann Sebastian Bach, the Cinematic Orchestra, Nick Drake, John Martyn, Hermeto Pascoal, Malagasy Music, Séga and Maloya, J.J. Cale, traditional Irish music, Choro, Forrò, Traditional Scandinavian music, Stefano Bollani, Ivano Fossati, Ralph Towner, Oliver Schroer, Jimi Hendrix, Radiohead, Duke Ellington, Gentle Giant, The Police, C.S.I, Sergej Prokofiev, Charlie Parker, Stefano Bollani, Luigi Tenco, Hamilton de Holanda and much, much, much, much more....

Some of my favourite books are:
Master and Margaret (Bulgakov)
Blindness (Saramago)
Invisible Towns (Calvino)
The sad Tropics (Lévi Strauss)
Madame Bovary (Flaubert)

Some of my favourite movies are:
Accattone (Pasolini)
La Strada (Fellini)
The Easy Life (Dino Risi)
Brazil (Gilliam)
Hate (Kassovitz)
Wings of desire (Wenders)
The winter guest (Rickman)

Teach, Learn, Share

You can try accordion and mandolin, and in the meanwhile I can cook some genoese recepies.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A NOTE
Couchsurfing is not about money. However, due to the increase in energy consumption costs, hosting many people is now a growing economic commitment in terms of consumption. For this reason, if you feel comfortable in my house and if you understand that a collaboration makes sense, you can leave a free donation in the piggy bank at the end of your stay. It makes sense to collaborate. Gas, water and electricity represent an increasing cost at this specific moment.

I can offer my guests a small private concert, a terrace where they can enjoy the cool air on summer nights, with a slackline to have fun with

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy

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