Hi Hive account@road2horizon thank you so much for your kind words and most of all for listening! It truly was one of the best days of my life, meeting and spending time with him. It's incredible that he replied an email to a complete stranger, let me into his home, fed me wonderful homecooked Italian food and gave me invaluable music lessons.
I make music for the mandarin pop music industry, I am very fortunate to get to do this but my true passion is in perusing and studying thought provoking and complex music similar to what Pino writes.
Once again, thank you for your kind words.. It is deeply appreciated! Take care.