Biography
‘His musicianship is so big, so irrepressible, that he transcends the instrument that he’s playing’ (BBC Record Review).
Sought after as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher, Samuele’s recent solo engagements include recitals at Wigmore Hall, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Berlin Konzerthaus.
Over the last years he has met and collaborated with various artists: Angela Hewitt Pablo Barragan, Uri Cane, Simply Quartet, Ema Nikolovska. He was also invited by Stefano Bollani in his show “Via dei Matti numero 0” on Rai3.
He appeared as soloist with different orchestras like I Pomeriggi Musicali, Orchestra Haydn, Orchestra Cherubini, St. Petersbourg State Symphony Orchestra, collaborating with conductor as Kent Nagano, Alessandro Bonato, Marco Angius and Tobias Volkmann.
A prize-winner at the 2019 Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) International Auditions, in 2021 Delphian released Samuele’s recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations at Queens Hall Edinburgh to critical acclaim. He regularly features on BBC Radio 3 and Rai RadioTre.
For the 2025/26 season he will join Nicola Benedetti for her solo tour over the UK. He will also return to Elba Isola Musicale d’Europa Festival, MITO Festival with Goldberg Variations, and he will make his debut with Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto with Gubaidulina’s masterpiece Sieben Worte. He will record a CD with Tabea Debus (recorder) for Delphian Records, which includes three première recordings.
Passionate about contemporary music Samuele worked with many composers like Franck Bedrossian, Salvatore Sciarrino, Nicola Campogrande, Simone Cardini, Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Vittorio Montalti, Domenico Turi and different ensembles, Opificio Sonoro, Divertimento Ensemble.
Samuele has performed widely across Europe appearing at Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Aldeburgh, Amici della Musica di Firenze, Cité de la Danse et la Musique (Strasbourg), Verbier Festival, MITO Festival. In 2022 he had a solo Colombia tour supported by Banco de la Republica.
Awards include 1st Prizes at the 2018 Arassate-Hiria (Spain) and 2013 Castelfidardo (Italy) Competitions. In 2017 he released his first solo CD LIMES, and in 2020 a duo CD for accordion and clarinet, BROKEN SHAKE.
Born in Spoleto (Italy), Samuele is accordion professor at the Conservatoire ‘Luca Marenzio” in Brescia – Darfo Boario Terme.