Silvia leads several bands: Open Combo, Almond Tree, Xilo Ensemble, Ju-Ju Sounds, Fonterossa Open Orchestra, Young Shouts, Sly Family…
Silvia has been a member of the international string trio Hear In Now since 2009 with Tomeka Reid on cello and Mazz Swift on violin and vocals; with this trio they completed Roscoe Mitchell’s sextet in his Homage to John Coltrane in 2017.
In 2010 Silvia founded independent label Fonterossa Records of which she is founder, producer and curator.
Silvia is artistic director of “Fonterossa Day” - part of Pisa Jazz Festival and she curates Fonterossa Open Orchestra Lab (workshop on “non conventional compositions” and improvisation). She’s the conductor and leader of the Fonterossa Orchestra.
Silvia is a professor of double bass, electric bass and combo class at Siena Jazz Accademy and at Mosaico Association of Colle Val d'Elsa. She also teaches double bass and combo class at the SJU- Siena Jazz University courses.
Silvia has been part of the "European exchange - Erasmus +" program with the Conservatory of Maastricht (Holland) and Tbilisi (Georgia) since 2016 . She has held workshops on improvisation and "conduction" since 2008.
