Biography


Currently serving as concertmaster of the Camerata Salzburg and London Symphony Orchestra, Montenegrian Roman Simovic has been described as a “supreme violinist” (Vecernji List, Croatia), praised for his “exceptional musicality’’ (Glos Konkursowy, Poland) and “brilliant mastery of his instrument” (Bad Reicenhall, Germany), and proclaimed by the celebrated violinist Schlomo Mintz to be a “rare, grand talent with great potential and unlimited abilities…’’ Roman Simovic’s brilliant virtuosity and seemingly-inborn musicality, fueled by a limitless imagination, has taken him throughout Eastern and Western Europe,  Russia, Israel, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, Canada, USA and South America, performing on many of world’s leading stages including the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Grand Opera House in Tel-Aviv, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Prague National Theatre, Verdi Theatre in Italy, Art Centre in Seul, Grieg Hall in Bergen and the Rachmaninov Hall in Moscow, to name a few. Quickly garnering a reputation on the international music scene, Roman Simovic has been awarded prizes at numerous international competitions among which are the International Violin Competition "Premio Rodolfo Lipizer" (Italy) where along with a Gold Medal he was awarded twelve special prizes, Sion-Valais International Violin Competition (Switzerland),  International Yampolsky Violin Competition (Russia) and the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition (Poland), placing him among the foremost violinists of his generation.


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As soloist, Simovic has appeared with the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra (Russia), Bad Reichenhall Philharmonia (Germany), Bohemian Symphony Orchestra (Czech Republic),  CRR Chamber Orchestra (Turkey), Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra (Hungary), Kamerata Bern (Switzerland), Kiev Philharmonia, Lvov Philharmonia, Macedonian Philharmonia, Moskovia Chamber Orchestra (Russia), Orchestra Philharmonica Minas Gearis Brazil, Poznan Philharmonia, Prague Philharmonia, Radio-Television Serbia Orchestra, Rijeka Opera Symphonic Orchestra, Romanian Philharmonia, Seul Simfonietta (Korea), Southeast Europe Symphonic Orchestra and Thailand Philharmonia, among many others. 
A sought-after artist, Roman Simovic has been invited and continues to perform at various distinguished festivals such as the Dubrovnik Summer Festival in Croatia, “Kotor Art” Festival in Montenegro, the BEMUS and NOMUS Festivals in Serbia, “Sion Valais” Festival in Switzerland, Norway’s Bergen Festival, “Moscow Winter” Festival in Russia, Sancepolcro Festival in Italy, “Campus de Jordao” in Brazil and the Portogruaro Festival in Italy, collaborating with such  renowned artists as Schlomo Mintz, Francois Leleux, Janine Jensen, Julian Rachlin, Itamar Golan, Rohan de Silva, Marina Yashwili, Edward Grach, Igor Simovic etc.

  A highly-regarded orchestral player, Roman Simovic has held the concertmaster position of the Orchestra Philharmonica Minas Gearis Brazil since 2007 and, in 2009, was invited to serve as concertmaster by the Camerata Salzburg in Austria.  Aside from being an active soloist, recitalist and an orchestral player, Roman Simovic is an avid chamber musician, and is a founding member of the distinguished Rubicon String Quartet with which he continues to record and tour. Roman Simovic has recorded extensively for numerous Radio-Television networks in Ukraine, Serbia, Montenegro, Thailand, Seoul, Istanbul, Croatia, and others. As an educator, he has presenter master-classes in the US, South Korea, Serbia and Montenegro.  Roman Simovic plays a 1946 “D.Didcenko" violin.