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Simone Beneventi - percussionist

Born in Reggio Emilia in 1982, Simone Beneventi is member of Icarus Ensemble, mdi Ensemble and Repertoriozero. He also collaborates with Klangforum Wien (A), Barcelona 216 (E), Abstray (F), Diagonal (CH), Algoritmo, Prometeo, Adm (I) and with composers such as: Battistelli, Cage, Dufourt, Fedele, Francesconi, Goebbels, Gee, Lachenmann, Lara, Lopez-Lopez, Nova, Poppe, Riley, Romitelli, Sciarrino, Verrando.
As a soloist he performed in Music Festivals such as Milano Musica, Parco della musica_Roma, Manca_Nizza (Fr), Gaida_Villnius (Lt), L'espace sonore_Basel (Ch). He collaborates with leading Italian symphonic and opera orchestras such as : LaScala in Milan, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra, Teatro Lirico diCagliari,  Teatro Massimo of Palermo, Opera di Roma , Ort_Regionale Toscana, Toscanini Foundation, Haydn of Bolzano, Spiramirabilis.
In chamber music he has played with musicians such as Angelo Bartoletti (vla), Mario Caroli (fl), Nuccio D'Angelo (chit), Ilja Grubert (vl), Giovanni Mareggini (fl), Gaspare Tirincanti (cl), Omar Zoboli (b ).  And other projects with artists such as: Nicolo 'Fabi, Paul Fresu, Matmos, Noa, Panasonic.
In parallel to an interpreter deals  he is  the artistic director of the Festival "Percussion temporary" in Reggio Emilia, he work as a consultant  with Ed.Ricordi  in editing for percussion. In 2010 Skyclassica has made a TV-documentary about him for the format "Notevoli".
He studied with Francesco Repola, Jonathan Faralli, Eric Sammut (Conservatoire National CNR_Paris) and Christian Dierstein (Musik Hochschule_Basel).

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