My story

Corsi e formazione

1976

My career begins in some Florence-based radio stations under the pseudonym Antonio Stavini.

In the following years I worked in discos as well, but my greatest passion would always remain the radio.

I must mention my friends Giovanni Cappelletti and Roberto Vasarri, the owners of Radio Zero (Monevarchi), who believed in myself giving me the possibility to grow up in a professional environment.

In 1978, Radio Zero was one of the few private radio stations in Tuscany to cover the great part of the region and that’s why it was possible to listen to it almost uninterruptedly from Genoa to Grosseto.

1979

I got to be part of the staff of Radio Tele Arno (Fiesole), another important radio station Here, the mixing console was placed just in front of a large window from where I could admire the dome of Florence – an inspiration for all those who were taking turns at the microphone.

Let alone the pool and the kitchen, something that was unbelievable at that time considering that most radio stations were located in garages, attics, studio apartments and other places adapted to purpose.

Then, I also worked for Radio Fantasy (Florence) and Radio One (Florence) for a very short time.

1984

After joining the staff of Radio Fantasy, I hosted “Chattanooga” with Leonardo Pieraccioni and Niki Giustini.

Then, I recorded the song “Radio Rap” together with other colleagues who were working for the same radio station, including Carlo Conti, Leonardo Pieraccioni, Niki Giustini, Gianfranco Monti, Marco Baldini and others (not everyone would participate in the recording).

1985

I joined Associazione Italiana Disk Jockey (Italian association of disk jockeys), whose president is Renzo Arbore. Later that year, I entered SIDAS – Sindacato Italiano Disk Jockey, Animatori e Speaker (Italian union of disk jockeys, entertainers and voice-overs).

2019

After a long break in the radio industry, I returned to my previous career with a mre mature, embracing and elegant voice: I started making audiobooks, audioguides, radio ads and voice-overs in collaboration with Radio Nocciolina (Prato), specialized in entertainment for kids.

In the same period, I also worked for other web radios, including Wortex Radio/TV (Genoa) and Radio Saba Sound (Chieti).

I can boast some TV appearances where I explain what my activity is about.

2020

I entered www.voci.fm., a website that gathers the most interesting voices in the radio industry.

The same website defines his voice as “mature, warm, deep, raspy and embracing”.
Later in 2020, I also joined YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

In August, I started making audiobooks for the publishing house L.A. CASE Books (Los Angeles), specialized in digital publications.

In October, I “landed” in Australia thanks to a collaboration with Radio Italia Uno (Adelaide).

In December, my first audiobook “Miti e leggende del nord” by Ester Neumann was released on Audible and Apple Books.

2021

I got to be part of the big family of Duygu Basara London and Duygu Basara Istanbul, an international agency for voice-overs and dubbers.
In May, my second audiobook “Nerone, un visionario al potere” was released and I entered the Artrack Recording Studio (Athens) and BigMouth (Auckland) database.
Between June and July, I started a collaboration with the Guggenheim Museum of Bilbao to make several Italian audioguides and with Escena Digital Locutores (Madrid).
In August, I started collaborating with Idiom Talent Agency (Los Angeles – Honolulu – Bangkok and Mumbai) and my third audiobook “Versace: omicidio a Miami” by Carlos Marcelo was released.

In September, I got to be part of Voices.com, a famous international agency for voice-overs.

In November, I joined Mandy, a renowned London-based agency, and my fourth audiobook “Geronimo: la furia rossa” by Richard J. Samuelson was released.

In December, I made a reel for the pet care brand Felpreva.

2022

In January, I entered Voicebooking (Amsterdam) and made a reel for the brand WD40.

In February, I made another reel for Arlo-Verisure. In March, my fifth audiobook “Un ann senza il mostro” by Francis Trinipet was released.

In April, I joined Speakeraggio.com.

In May, I made the audioguide – together with other voices – of “El Capricho” by Gaudi and my sixth audiobook “Al Capone” by Steven Ribunstein and Isaac Berkowitz was released.

In August, I made a reel for GE HealthCare.

In November, my seventh audiobook “Mussolini e la Marcia su Roma” by Axel Silverstone was released.

2023

In January, he creates an audio guide for the Sybir Memorial Museum in Białystok, Poland.

In March, he lends his voice for corporate videos for Giravoce (Bologna) and APTent (Spain). Also in March, he contributes to an E-Learning project in Croatia.

In August, he works on E-Learning projects for Peter Seaton Clark (Germany), an audio guide for Wyoming (USA), and E-Learning for Tadiran Airow 3 (Israel).

In November, he is once again chosen by General Electric Health Care (Helsinki) for an E-Learning program targeted at healthcare professionals.

2024

In January his voice arrives in New Zealand where he realizes a corporate for FrostBoss®.

In February, he first played the role of background actor in the tv series “FBI International Season 3 – episode 7 – let’s go!”

In March he participated in the realization of the audio guide “Colección Permanente ” of the Picasso Museum of Malaga.

In April, thanks to an important recording studio in Dubai with his voice, a video commercial for the Testicular Cancer Society sensitivity campaign was made.

In May, he was selected for the third time in two years by GE Health Care (Helsinki) to create a new commercial technical training spot in Italian.

The month of June begins very well, in fact he realizes the audioguide for the Muzeum Pamiêci Mieszkańców Ziemi Oświęcimskiej – (Museum of memory of Auschwitz).

Courses and training

  • Course “Voice Acting Masterclas for Audiobooks & Narrations” held by Peter Baker – speaker, dubber and BBC voice-over
  • Course “Audiobook Creation and Self-Publishing on Amazon and Audible” held by Peter Baker – speaker, dubber and BBC voice-over
  • Course “Adobe Audition CC Course – audio Production for Voice-Overs” held by Peter Baker – speaker, dubber and BBC voice-over
  • Workshop of Expressive Reading held by Sandra Di Meo – speaker, voice-over, dubber
  • Course of Phonetic Articulation held by Walter Rivetti – actor, dubber, dialogue adapter, vocal coach
  • Course for Audiobook Readers held by Walter Rivetti – actor, dubber, dialogue adapter, vocal coach
  • Course of Italian Diction held by Filippo Salaris – actor, dubber
  • Course of Sound Theory held by Marco Siciliano – sound, live and studio engineer
  • Course “Home Recording Studio” held by Marco Siciliano – sound, live and studio engineer
  • Course of Fundamentals of Digital Marketing held by Towsend Pamela Feehan (Google Atelier Digital) IAB EUROPE CEO

They say about me

The words of some of the many people I met in my career.