Fabio Galliani was one of the first pupils of Paolo Scazzieri who was a  member of the previous Ocarina group in Budrio and founder of the musical tradition (the roots of which go back to the teachings  of Maestro Alfredo Barattoni 1882-1948).

At the present time Fabio plays ocarina with “Gruppo Ocarinistico Budriese”, “Ocarina Ensemble” and “Ensemble Novecento”. In particular he has recorded 5 CD's with “Gruppo Ocarinistico Budriese”and taken part in tours with them in Australia, South America, The USA and most European countries.

As leader of the group he has participated in various radio and television programmes in Italy and abroad. He was one of the writers who compiled the book  “1853-2003 The sound of Clay: The ocarina from Budrio 150 years on”. This book is  the only existing one in Italy today about the story of the ocarina.

Since 2006 he is director of the Budrio Ocarina Museum.

He was the promotor of the first edition of the Ocarina festival in 2003 and was the artistic director for the following ones.

In 2008 he recorded the cd “Ocarinamania”. In the same year he was asked to go to Japan to make concerts, masterclasses and conferences

He also plays ocarina and clarinet in Cavranera Quartet (italian folk music) and Ocarinamania Quartet (jazz).

He also sings and plays reinassance and baroque music ( Città di Bologna choir group, Heinrich Schutz choir group, Vincenzo Bellini choir group; Ensemble Fortuna)

In 2009 he recorded two cd, as a singer and as recorder player (reinassance music).