Daniele Damiano

Biography

Daniele Damiano

Damiano was born in 1961 in Asti, Italy, and graduated from Verdi Conservatory of Turin in 1982. Before coming to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, he was a principal of bassoon in the RAI (Italian Radio) Orchestra of Turin (1982-85) and in the Vienna Philharmonic (1985-87). As a soloist and a chamber music performer, he has made numerous joint performances with orchestra ensembles in regions throughout Europe. An album recording of a joint performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as a soloist earned a Grammy Award as Best Chamber Music Performance in 1994. Mr. Damiano has taught at the Salzburg Mozarteum (1992-94),, the Academia Musicale Chigiana in Siena (1993-98) and the Geneva Conservatoire (1999-2001).

Catarina Rebelo

Principal clarinet of Orchestra and Symphonic band of Santa Maria da Feira / Teacher on the “Conservatório de Música Calouste Gulbenkian” of Braga city

Simon Harrer

Simon Harrer, born 1978 in Baden-Württemberg, studied trombone in Berlin with Jiggs Whigham and Sören Fischer. Since completing his jazz studies in Berlin, he has had engagements and concerts in various formations throughout Europe

Sarah Markham

Sarah Markham is at the forefront of the Classical Saxophone in the UK, teaching at many of the top musical institutions across the country, as well as being a very active performing and recording saxophonist.