Maura Marinucci
“I’m playing the Silverstein ligatures since more than 10 years, starting with the original and then the Cryo4, and I’m still playing them today. After all this time they are exactly like before, and I’m so impressed by this! They are very reliable, and they help me in my search for a warm tone and flexibility. I’m in love with them!”
Maura Marinucci is the principal clarinet of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London since September 2023, after having held the same position with the Brussels Philharmonic for the previous four years.
She’s regularly invited as Guest Principal Clarinet with many orchestras, such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Halle, the Helsinki Philharmonic, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Ulster Orchestra, Welsh National Opera, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie (Brussels), Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo (Naples). Before that, she has played with many youth orchestras, like the Gustav Mahler Jugend Orkester, the Animato Orchestra and the Swiss Youth SYMPHONY Orchestra.
She performed as soloist with the Transilvania State Orchestra, the “Solisti Aquilani” and the Orchestra of the De Sono Foundation.
She plays chamber music with many different groups, travelling across Europe with both classical and contemporary repertoire. She has performed recitals with piano in Europe, Australia and the United States.
She’s clarinet professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London, after being clarinet teacher in Italy, at the conservatoires of Novara and Pescara. She’s also guest clarinet professor at the King’s College London. She has given masterclasses in Italy, at the Sibelius Academy of Helsinki, at the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels, the Royal Welsh College of Music, the Michigan State University, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College, the Gheorghe Dima National Academy of Music in Cluj-Napoca (Romania).
