Nicola Domeniconi

Italian double bass player. Was a member of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester in 1999. Has been active in recording since 2009. He graduated in double bass at the Florence Conservatory before postgraduate studies at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin. He has performed as the first double bass with the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, and with the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini in Parma, and the Accademia della Scala in Milan. In 2001 he won the international competition organized by the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra, and he began his permanent career. Together with his symphonic and operatic commitment, Domeniconi undertakes a series of chamber music activities, including his collaboration with the Baroque Modo Antiquo ensemble. He has made numerous international tours (Japan, India, U.S.A, South America, Russia, Turkey), playing under conductors like Riccardo Muti and Claudio Abbado. He also organizes singing masterclasses with his partner Nicoletta Fabbri (née Nicoletta Sanzin), with whom he arranged and recorded two CDs. Lately he has dedicated himself to the construction of bows together with his friend Andrea Proietti, a Roman bowmaker active in Cesena.