Daniele Zamboni (1991) is an Italian clarinetist based in The Hague (NL). He started the study of clarinet at the age of 8. One year later, he got accepted at the “L. Marenzio” Conservatoire in Brescia (Italy) in the clarinet class of Laura Magistrelli. He got his Clarinet Diploma at the age of 18 with a brilliant mark under the guidance of Pietro Tagliaferri.
He completed his Classical Clarinet Master Degree with 110/110 at the “G. Verdi” Conservatoire in Milan (Italy) in 2013 under the guidance of Laura Magistrelli.
In 2012, thanks to the “Erasmus Exchange Programme”, he had the chance to study at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg (Austria). Two years later, he finished the Clarinet Postgraduate Programme at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg with Alois Brandhofer (Wiener and Berliner Philamoniker).
In 2015, he enrolled as a Master student in the class of Pierre Woudenberg at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague (Netherlands) where he obtained his second Classical Clarinet Master Degree in 2018 with 9.5 and two distinctions. He is also specialised in Eb clarinet repertoire with Rick Huls (Netherlands Philarmonic Orchestra).
Since 2017, he is part of the 'Aus Licht' Master Programme offered by the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague in collaboration with the Stockhausen Foundation where he is studying in deep Stockhausen's repertoire, techniques, musical composition and aesthetics under the guidance of Suzanne Stephens, Kathinka Pasveer, Marco Blaauw. He performed "Orchester Finalisten" during Holland Festival 2017 and he is a part of the cast of "aus LICHT" in collaboration with the Dutch National Opera for Holland Festival 2019 in Westergasfabrik, Amsterdam.
He attended clarinet masterclasses held by Calogero Palermo, Peter Schmidl, Sharon Kam, Wenzel Fuchs, Anthony Pay, Nicola Miorada, Ralph Manno, Fabio di Casola, Ciro Scarponi and Thomas Friedli.
He is also very active in the field of chamber music, taking lessons from Vera Beths, Rien de Reede, Gerard Bouwhuis, Ellen Corver, Antonio Valentino, Emanuela Piemonti, Mikhail Zemtsov.
He collaborated with “Orchestra Cantelli”, “Orchestra dell’Accademia delle Opere”, “Milan Conservatory Orchestra”, “Mozarteum University Orchestra”, the “Trebbo Theater” in Milan, the “Bläserphilharmonie Mozarteum Salzburg Orchestra” and the “Philarmonie der Nationen” playing in prestigious venues in Italy, Germany, Austria, The Netherlands, Thailand and China, collaborating with the following conductors: Valery Gergiev, Alexei Ogrintchouk, Justus Franz, Ivan Meylemans, Aldo Ceccato, Fabiano Monica.
In 2017, he collaborated with Asko-Schönberg ensemble for the performance of the opera “De Materie” by Louis Andriessen conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw at the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam, during the 'Minimal Music Festival'.
He has been a member of the young ensemble Studio Musikfabrik based in Köln, he plays in Adem Ensemble and in Pulse Wave Quartet. With this quartet, he had the possibility to perform in different theaters in the Netherlands during the NJO Muziekzomer 2017 with a music theatre production staged by Teus van der Stelt, performing Quatrain II by Takemitsu, Quatuor pour la fin du temps by Messiaen and new composed works of Sara Zamboni. He participated to the 'Takemitsu Festival 2017' and the 'Grote Kamer Muziek Prijs 2018' in De Doelen, Rotterdam.
Since 2017, he is an active member of the new emerging ensemble Trapèze with whom he performed during the ECMA Session 2019 in Manchester (UK).
Since 2019 he is also an active member and founder of Kaolin and Pistache Rietkwintet.
His repertoire encompasses Classical, Romantic, Modern and Contemporary styles and he is used to switch also to Eb clarinet, Bass clarinet and Basset-horn. He premiered many new works written by the students of the Composition Department of the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, some of them written specifically for him.
He is very passionate about building up new audiences for contemporary music, therefore he teaches to passionate pupils of every age and level.
He Plays on Buffet clarinets and Leblanc Basset-horn.