Nick Russoniello, saxophone

Nick Russoniello is a highly accomplished performer and composer with an exciting career in Australia and abroad. Nick has been the recipient of a number of major awards including the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year Award and the Fine Music Kruger Scholarship. Nick has appeared as a soloist with the Adelaide, Queensland, Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras and as a guest artist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian World Orchestra and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra. Nick is a sought-after chamber musician and his ensembles Continuum Sax, Duo Histoire and The Golden Age Project perform regularly across the country for organisations including Musica Viva, ABC Classic FM, Sydney Festival, City Recital Hall and Phoenix Central Park.

Nick’s original compositions have been gaining attention at an international level with performances at events including the World Saxophone Congress (Zagreb), the European Saxophone Festival (Porto). In 2019 Nick undertook a European tour, presenting his compositions at the Royal College of Music (London) and the Conservatorio Di Musica G. Verdi (Milan) and the Conservatoire De Strasbourg (France). Nick's Suite for Saxophone and Loop Station was recently featured on the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra’s Voyages of Musical Discovery Program.

Nick is currently a doctoral candidate at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music where he tutors Composition for the Creative Industries. He is a Yamaha Australia Artist, D’addario Woodwind artist and an associate artist of The Australian Music Centre.