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The Italian percussionist, Simone Rubino, he began his studies at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in his native city before continuing his work with Peter Sadlo at the Musikhochschule München (2012-2014) in Germany. He has won numerous competitions, including the Universal Marimba Competition (Belgium), the ARD International Music Competition with a brilliant performance in 2014, the Credit Suisse Young Artist Award and the Luigi Nono International Music Competition (Italy).
Following in the footsteps of Peter Sadlo and Martin Grubinger, Simone Rubino marks a new era of percussionists who have established themselves on the classical music scene. He has played concerts with the Bayerischer Rundfunk Symphonieorchester, Frankfurt Radio Symphony OrchestraDeutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Turin. He made his USA debut with the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra in 2016. Along with his appearances as a soloist, chamber music is also an important facet of his musical activity, as demonstrated by his concerts with the Out of Time Percussion Quartet and the ESEGESI Percussion Quartet. He is a welcome guest at prestigious festivals, among them the Rheingau Music Festival, Schwetzingen Festival, Musicus Olympus (Russia), Schwarzwald Music Festival, Bremen Music Festival and Young Euro Classic Festival.
Simone Rubino recorded his first solo album in Fall 2016 with the program “Immortal Bach” (works by J.S. Bach, Knut Nystedt, Xenakis and other composers), which he presented live in several concerts. Other engagements take him to Florence with the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino under Zubin Mehta and the Whitsun Festival in Baden-Baden. He will appear for the first time with such conductors as Gustavo Gimeno with the Münchner Philharmoniker, Manfred Honeck with the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and Tugan Sokhiev with the Wiener Philharmoniker at the Lucerne Festival
Simone Rubino began the 2016-2017 season with a highlight of his young career: he made his debut with the Wiener Philharmoniker during the Lucerne Festival, at the close of which he received the Credit Suisse Young Artist Award. He also made his debut at Carnegie Hall in New York on October 2016. Further high points include his appearances with the Münchner Philharmoniker and the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, as well as the world premiere of Adriano Gaglianello’s Percussion Concerto at the Conservatorio Statale di Musica “Giuseppe Verdi” in Torino, Italy in Spring 2017. |
