Roman Simovic Violin
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Roman Simovic violin Roman Simovic's brilliant virtuosity and seemingly-inborn musicality, fueled by a limitless imagination, has taken him throughout all continents performing on many of world's leading stages including the Carnegie Hall, Bolshoi Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Mariinsky Hall in St. Petersburg, Grand Opera House in Tel-Aviv, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Rudolfinum Hall in Prague, Barbican Hall in London, Art Centre in Seoul, Grieg Hall in Bergen, Rachmaninov Hall in Moscow, to name a few. Roman Simovic has been awarded prizes at numerous international competitions among which are: "Premio Rodolfo Lipizer" (Italy, first prize winner and winner of 12 Audience prizes), Sion-Valais (Switzerland), Yampolsky Violin Competition (Russia) and the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition (Poland), placing him among the foremost violinists of his generation. As soloist, Roman has appeared with the world leading orchestras: London Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra, Teatro Regio Torino, Symphony Nova Scotia (Canada), Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra (Hungary), Camerata Bern (Switzerland), Camerata Salzburg (Austria), CRR Chamber Orchestra (Turkey), Poznan Philharmonia, Prague Philharmonia, North Brabant (Holland)...with conductors like: Valery Gergiev, Antonio Pappano, Daniel Harding, Gianandrea Noseda, Kristian Jarvi, Jiri Belohlavek, Pablo Heras Casado, Nikolai Znaider. In 2021 Roman will appear as a soloist with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra (Canada) and the conductor Fabien Gabel, RTVE Symphony Orchestra (Spain) where Roman will be playing and directing Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.2, I Pomeriggi Musicali (Italy) and conductor Alessandro Cadario, Braunschweig Staatsorchester and conductor Srba Dinić (Germany), Ulster Orchestra and conductor Daniele Rustioni (Northern Ireland), Malta Philarmonic Orchestra and conductor Sergey Smbatyan (Malta), Kristiansand Chamber Orchestra playing and directing (Norway), London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Sir Simon Rattle playing Miklos Rosza Violin Concerto, among others. A sought-after artist, Roman Simovic has been invited and continues to perform at various distinguished festivals such as the Verbier Festival, White Nights Festival St. Petersburg, Vadim Repin’s Trans-Siberian Art Festival, Easter Festival Valery Gergiev Moscow, Dubrovnik Summer Festival in Croatia, "Kotor Art" Montenegro, the BEMUS and NOMUS Festivals in Serbia, "Sion Valais" Switzerland, Norway's Bergen Festival, "Moscow Winter" Festival in Russia, Portogruaro Festival in Italy, "Granada Music Festival" in Spain, collaborating with such renowned artists as Leonidas Kavakos, Yuja Wang, Gautie Capuson, Tabea Zimermann, Misha Maisky, Schlomo Mintz, Francois Leleux, Itamar Golan, Simon Trpceski, Janine Jansen, Julian Rachlin, Vadim Repin… Roman holds a visiting professor of violin position at the Royal Academy of Music in London and has an extensive experience as an educator. Roman has presented masterclasses in the US, UK, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Montenegro, Israel, as well as at the Verbier Festival where he is frequently performing as a soloist with orchestra, as chamber musician and recitalist. Roman Simovic has released comprehensive list of recordings, most notable are two CDs directing LSO string orchestra for the LSO label and Tchaikovsky and Glazunov concertos with Gergiev and Mariinsky orchestra for Mariinsky label, as well as a CD of complete Paganini caprices for violin solo. Roman is serving as a leader of the London Symphony Orchestra since 2010. Roman Simovic plays a 1709 Antonio Stradivari violin which was generously given to him on loan from Jonathan Moulds, Bank of America's president. Il brillante virtuosismo e l’innata musicalità, alimentati da un’ampia immaginazione, hanno portato il violinista Roman Simović ad esibirsi in tutti i continenti, calcando i palcoscenici delle più importanti sale da concerto del mondo, tra cui: Bolshoi Hall del Conservatorio Čajkovskij di Mosca, Teatro Mariinskij di San Pietroburgo, Grand Opera House di Tel-Aviv, Victoria Hall di Ginevra, Rudolfinum Hall di Praga, Barbican di Londra, Art Centre di Seoul, Grieg Hall di Bergen, Rachmaninov Hall di Mosca. I numerosi premi vinti in concorsi internazionali (“Rodolfo Lipizer” in Italia, Sion-Valais in Svizzera, Yampolsky Violin Competition in Russia, Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in Polonia) lo hanno imposto come uno dei più importanti violinisti della sua generazione. Come solista si è esibito con alcune tra le più prestigiose orchestre al mondo (London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica del Teatro Mariinskij, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Symphony Nova Scotia in Canada, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra in Ungheria, Camerata Bern, Camerata Salzburg, CRR Chamber Orchestra in Turchia, Poznan Philharmonia, Prague Philharmonia, Het Brabant Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra) con direttori quali Valery Gergiev, Antonio Pappano, Daniel Harding, Gianandrea Noseda, Kristjan Järvi, Jiri Belohlavek, Pablo Heras-Casado, Nikolai Znaider, John Wilson, Mark Elder. Regolarmente invitato a suonare in alcuni dei più importanti festival internazionali (Verbier Festival, “White Nights” Festival di San Pietroburgo, Moscow Easter Festival di Mosca, Dubrovnik Summer Festival in Croazia, BEMUS e NOMUS Festival in Serbia, Bergen Festival in Norvegia, Festival di Portogruaro in Italia, Granada Music Festival in Spagna), collabora stabilmente con rinomati musicisti tra cui Leonidas Kavakos, Yuja Wang, Gautier Capuçon, Tabea Zimermann, Misha Maisky, Shlomo Mintz, François Leleux, Itamar Golan, Simon Trpčeski, Janine Jansen, Julian Rachlin. Simovic ricopre inoltre il ruolo di primo violino solista della London Symphony Orchestra. Roman Simovic suona un violino Antonio Stradivari del 1709, generosamente affidatogli da Jonathan Moulds, presidente della Bank of America..