Rubén SIMEO Gijon, born in Spain in 1992, began studying music at the Conservatory of Vigo with his father. Just eight years, she won First Prize at the International Music Competition of the City of Vigo, which won an award for three consecutive years. Ten years in Madrid gets the Second Prize at the International Yamaha, winning the competition the following year. By the age of eight years he played as a soloist in Musical Agrupacion O Rosal, the Harmonie Municipale Moncao (Portugal) and the brass nell'ensemble EPMViana do Castelo, and performs in duo with piano throughout Europe. At eleven years he participated in programs known as El Conciertazo Spanish television, he played with the Symphonic Band of the Autonomous Community of Madrid at the Teatro Monumental in Madrid, and performs with the ensemble Brass Spanish Brass. Following courses with Maurice André, Pierre Dutot, Enrique Rioja, Jose Orti, Eric Aubier, Luis Gonzalez, Stephen Burns. On December 25, 2004 she performed as soloist with the Symphonic Orchestra of RTVE for the Christmas concert for Spanish television. He also played with the symphony orchestras of Viana do Castello, Leon, Palma de Mallorca, Cannes, Valencia and Alicante, doing tours in countries such as Belgium, Germany, Portugal and France.
Makes his first recording label at the age of twelve years. In September 2005, obtained the Second Prize at the International Philip Jones Guebwiller in France and in January of 2006 the Second Prize at the Selmer Trumpet Competition in Paris. From 2005 to 2006 he followed the course of a trumpet by Guy Touvron at the Conservatoire National de Région in Paris. In November last year he participates and wins the Second Prize at the prestigious Maurice André International Competition of the City of Paris, receiving among other compliments by Master Andre in person. In 2006 he won the Second Prize at the International Competition in Porcia and earlier this year won the International Competition of Benidorm.
Currently Ruben was the last student of Maestro Maurice André.

Davide Simoncini graduated from the Bologna Conservatory, then further improved himself in Germany at the Hochschule in Detmold studying with M° Max Sommerhalder. He started a carrier as 1° trumpet first in the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, then with the San Carlo di Napoli, performing with the most important orchestras in Italy and in the world, some of which: Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Roma, Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale RAI, Teatro Verdi di Trieste, Orchestra della Fenice di Venezia, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, M.D.R. Simphonie Orchestre Leipzig. Also a winner of many international prizes and competitions for 1° trumpet, he joined the professional experience with the didattica, teaching at the Conservatory "A. Buzzolla" in Adria. Simoncini is a teacher at the Santa Fiora in Musica in the High Formation Courses and in the special brasses Master. He is a soloist in a large number of concerts with important associations and orchestras in Italy and abroad, mostly in the trombino repertory. Simoncini is also a coordinator for Brasses Masters at the Adria Conservatory.

Andrea was born in Viareggio (Lucca, Italy) on July 26, 1965 and began to study music and trumpet in 1976 with some musicians close to Dean Benedetti, the famous italo-american jazz saxophonist follower of Charlie Parker. In 1979, at the age of 14, Andrea started working with some local semi-professional big bands and commercial music groups, and in 1984 he began performing professionally in the classical music field, while simultaneously attending the Conservatory at the "Istituto Musicale Pareggiato L. Boccherini" in Lucca (Italy). In 1987 Andrea finished his Conservatory studies with highest full marks, graduating cum laude. That same year he attended a Master Class given by Armando Ghitalla (Boston Symphony Orchestra trumpet soloist and teacher at the University of Michigan) and started his first jazz studies with O. Valdambrini and S. Fanni, trumpet soloists of the RAI network Big Bands in Rome and Milan.

In the jazz music field, Andrea has performed with great jazz musicians like MAYNARD FERGUSON (in Italy, London and United States 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006), Peter Erskine (Italian tour 1996), Randy Brecker and Claudio Roditi (Luxemburg 2007), Denis DiBlasio, Paul Jeffrey, Carl Anderson, Lee Konitz, John Taylor, Palle Daniellson, Ernie Hammes, Wayne Bergeron, Roger Ingram, Eric Miyashiro, Carl Fischer, Reggie Watkins, Lew Soloff, Walter White, Jon Crosse, Craig Woods, Kenny Wheeler, as well as the greatest italian jazzmen like Bruno Tommaso, Enrico Rava, Gianni Basso, Stefano Bollani, Giorgio Gaslini, Gianluigi Trovesi, Henghel Gualdi, Paolo Fresu and many others. He performed as soloist also with the Atlanta Seventeen Big Band (First Baptist Church of Decatur, Atlanta USA, 2005), and in Luxemburg with the Luxembourg Jazz Orchestra at the Musek Am Syrdall, XVIIe Saison Musicale de Mensdorf and with the Harmonie Bascharage, On September 20, 2006, he has been invited to perform as soloist at the "Maynard Ferguson Tribute" at the Touhill Performing Arts Center in St. Louis (Usa). The tribute will be released in dvd (2007). Starting from 2006 he collaborates also with the PAUL ANKA orchestra for the European tours. In 1999 Andrea recorded his first solo CD entitled "Mattia's Walk & Tribute to Maynard Ferguson" released by the Italian label Splasc(H) Records. His second solo CD, "Ricordo di... Napoli" a tribute to Neapolitan Italian music, was released by the Italian label, Fonotecnica, in 2001. During his USA 2005 Tour he recorded with the Artisan Brass the "Romantic Celebration" Suite for jazz trumpet and brass quintet, composed by the Grammy-Nominated composer Brent Pierce. About videos and movies, Andrea appeares as a trumpet player in the Italian movie "Le ragazze di San Frediano", and in the pop music videos "Lorenzo, Raccolto 1997" (Polygram), "Pavarotti & Friends 2000, For Cambodia and Tibet" (Decca) and "Ti Adoro" by Pavarotti, 2003. (Next future dvd: the Maynard Ferguson Tribute Concert, on 2007). He also has been performing in Italy in many MEDIASET, RAI, LA7, TMC and SKY networks TV shows (60 to date) and recorded several cinema soundtracks and TV commercials for some of the most elite recording studios in Italy. In Italy, Andrea has accompanied many famous artists from all over the world including big names such as George Michael ("Pavarotti & Friends for Cambodia and Tibet 2000", released on video and CD by Decca), Joe Cocker, Tom Jones, Michael Bublè, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Carl Anderson, Randy Crawford, Matt Bianco, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Gloria Gaynor (2003/04/05 Italian tours), The Gibson Brothers (2003 Italian tour), Samantha Fox, Imagination, Patrick Hernandez, Tony Hadley and Paul Young. He has also performed and/or recorded as lead trumpet and soloist with a rainbow of very famous Italian artists such as Luciano Pavarotti, Jovanotti (1997 tour), Fiorello, Adriano Celentano, Claudio Baglioni, Gianni Morandi, Renato Zero, Elio e le Storie Tese, Toto Cutugno, YuYu, Irene Grandi, Fausto Leali, Articolo 31, Gino Paoli, Tullio De Piscopo, Ivana Spagna, Andrea Mingardi, Francesco Baccini, Dirotta su Cuba, Rossana Casale and Jenny B. About classical music, in 1988 Andrea won the national auditions for the European and Italian tour of the "Orchestra Giovanile Italiana" (Italian Youth Orchestra) as well as the "Teatro Comunale del Giglio" of Lucca, and he was selected as a finalist in Rome for the ECYO (European Community Youth Orchestra). In 1989/90 he fulfilled his military compulsory service playing in the Italian Air Force Band in Rome. He still collaborates with some prestigious Italian symphonic orchestras as the "Orchestra Regionale Toscana", the "Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Emilia-Romagna A. Toscanini", the "EUR Spettacoli" and the "Orchestra da Camera Lucchese". From jazz to classical to pop music, Andrea has performed in the United States ("Making Waves" Festival, San Francisco 1987, Blues Alley in Washington DC, 2003, Fullerton College in Los Angeles, First Baptist Church Of Decatur in Atlanta, 2005, Touhill Performing Arts Center, 2006, Rowan Jazz Festival 2007), Inghilterra (Ronnie Scott's, London, 2005), Luxemburg (Musek Am Syrdall 2004, XVIIe Saison Musicale de Mensdorf, Printemps Musical Festival 2007), Malta (Malta Festival 1997), Finland (Oulu Jazz Festival 1999), Germany (Hannover Expo 2000 and Ludwigshafen Theatre, 1988), France (Radio France in Paris 1988, and Chateau de Castries in Montpellier, 1988, Nice 2007), Lichtenstein (Little Big One Festival 1997), Austria (Wien Festival 1997), Switzerland (Out in the Green, Winterthur Festival 1997, "Blue Balls Festival" in Luzern, 2005), Holland (Concertgebow of Amsterdam, 1988), Belgium (Abbaye de Floreffe in Namur, 1988), Scotland (Usher Hall, Festival di Edimburgo, 1988), Greece (Rodhes), Spain (San Sebastian Jazz Festival 2003, 38th Jazz Aldia), Portugal (Estoril Casinò, 2006) and Principato of Monaco (Sporting Club, 1996, 2007). As a teacher, Andrea is Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Workshop at the "Orazio Vecchi" Musical Institute in Modena and he is also the conductor of the "L. Boccherini" Musical Institute Jazz Orchestra in Lucca. Moreover, he was an assistant at Maynard Ferguson's seminar during the Vicenza Jazz Festival 2003. Andrea also gives seminars for YAMAHA and collaborates with Santa Fiora International Festival (Grosseto), Sardegna Brass Academy of Ploaghe, International Campus of the Gallodoro Municipality, supported by the Government Culture Ministry and Sicily Region, as well as the Florence International Music Campus, Summer Seminars for the "Artemixta" Musical Association in Barberino Val D'Elsa, the "N.C.D.M. School of Music" in Milan and the "Minale School of Music" in Naples. Andrea is currently consulting with Clint "Pops" McLaughlin on the first American draft of "Embouchure - The Pros Talk" and for an instructional video on trumpet playing. He is the Artistic Director of the "Dean Benedetti Jazz Festival" in Torre del Lago Puccini.

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Andrea studied the trumpet with Enrico Melosi, Pierre Thibaud and Max Sommerhalder.
During his career he perform as first trumpet and soloist with the most 'important Italian and European orchestras, under the direction of Masters such as: Sawallish, Pretr, Ozawa, Chung, Muti, ect.

And 'component'' Brass Quintet and Percussion'' of Tuscany with whom she performed numerous concerts in Italy and abroad, and recorded two albums.

Andrea is a professor of trumpet at the 'Institute of Higher Musical Education'' Rinaldo Francil'' in Siena.

In 2000 he was appointed by Maestro Luciano Berio, First Trumpet National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome.

Since 1993, the year he won the International Competition'' Citta 'di Porcia,'' sounds like first trumpet and soloist in the orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino under the baton of Zubin Mehta.

He has worked as guest principal trumpet with internatonal orchestras including: NDR Hamburg, WDR Cologne, and with the Bavarian Radio in Monaco.

He is offen member of international Jury.

In his spare time, Andrea is dedicated to the study of the handset, and (with some success)'' to'' fly fishing (fly fishing).

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