About
Nick Russoniello, one of Australia’s most dynamic young artists, enjoys an exciting and varied performance career both in Australia and abroad. Nick has been the recipient of a number of major awards including the 2011 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year and the 2013 Fine Music Kruger Scholarship. Nick has appeared as a soloist with the Adelaide, Queensland, Melbourne, Sydney Symphony Orchestras and The Metropolitan Orchestra. He has been guest with many of the nation’s leading chamber music groups including the Acacia Quartet, Omega Ensemble and the Sydney Camerata Quartet.
Nick appears regularly as a member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and has appeared with the Australian World Orchestra and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra. Nick is a sought after chamber musician and performs as a member of Continuum Sax(Australia’s foremost saxophone quartet), Duo Histoire (with guitarist Murilo Tanouye). In 2014 Nick released his debut solo album Between Worlds and undertook a national tour. In 2017 Duo Histoire released their second studio album Autumn/Winter and appeared as soloists with The Metropolitan Orchestra. Both these albums can be regularly heard on ABC Classic FM and Fine Music 102.5.
Alongside his performance achievements Nick’s original compositions for saxophone have been performed by saxophonists around the world. In 2019 Nick will be premiering new compositions with The Golden Age Quartet and appearing as a soloist with the Fellows of The Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Nick is a Yamaha Australia Artist a D’Addario Woodwind Artist and an Assosciate Artist of The Australian Music Centre.