Notable Performances
- Genoa in 1950 for the 500th anniversary of the birth of Christopher Columbus, where he performed Paganini's Concerto in D major on the Guarnieri "Cannone" violin.
- San Remo in 1950, a concert in the presence of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, where, as an encore was demanded by the audience, he performed the Paganini Concerto in D major.
- In 1963, he performed the Aram Kachaturian concerto for violin and orchestra, conducted by Kachaturian himself. The concert was televised nationally by RAI (Italian state television)
- The Vatican in 1965 when he gave a concert in the Hall of Benediction in St. Peter's Basilica, in the presence of Pope Paul VI and his Papal Court, playing Jean Sibelius' Solemn Melodies Op. 77.
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