User:Vincenzo Simmarano
General information
Country of origin: Italy
Contributor since: 2024-11-12
Works with editions by this editor: 2 (see list)
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Contact information
e-mail: vincenzosimmarano 
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Education
Vincenzo Simmarano began his educational career graduating with honours in flute from the Conservatorio E.R. Duni in Matera. Following this, he went on to study composition under Maestro Valentino Miserachs and Maestro Azio Corghi at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan, graduating with honours plus excellence.
He won the Città di Pavia prize for his piano composition entitled “The Second Time” in 2000 and then in 2003 won the Corale di Castagneto Carducci Composition competition in the sacred music section "Composizioni sacre" . Being among the winners of national competitions for ”General musical culture” and “Harmony and counterpoint” he has been awarded many other prizes and recognition.
Among his most recent publications are the following very different works : “Forteforte”, a work composed of 3 suites for pianoforte published by Edizioni Musicali Sinfonica Jazz; “Neon” a composition for guitar and “Istantanee” forming part of the CD “Combinazioni – 21st Century Italian pieces for 4 hand pianoforte” , a collection of piano duets published by Bottega Discantica.
As a conductor, Vincenzo Simmarano has experience in many different types of concert scenarios with chamber groups and has worked as a conductor with both the choirs, the Complesso Vocale Syntagma and the Complesso Internazionale Cameristico in addition to directing choral workshops and singing groups at musical weekends of light, popular music.
Originally he conducted the all-female gospel choir, Incontrocanto, and then subsequently founded and successfully directed the vocal ensemble, Vocal Chords. Since 1998 he has conducted Canti Corum, a choir composed of 50 voices, for whom he has also written arrangements for their repertoire.
With Canti Corum, he is always busy expanding the musical repertoire, a major task considering that the choir is focussed on the theme of peace also in its choice of repertoire.
In addition he has also worked with the vocal ensemble, EVOCA conducting them in a concert of Rutter’s Requiem and also in a recording of pieces written by a friend, Boris Apostoloff and catalogued by him in a volume called “To B”.