Davide Nari has played in hundreds concerts as soloist, in chamber music concerts and symphonic orchestral productions in Italy and abroad (Europe, USA, Asia) and he has produced many CDs for important record companies (Warner Music Italy, Da Vinci Publishing, Ars Publica).
He has played with the “Carlo Felice” Orchestra in Genoa, the “Arena di Verona” Orchestra, the “Haydn” Orchestra in Bolzano and the “Teatro Lirico di Cagliari” Orchestra during operas, musicals and symphony concerts conducting by M° W. Marshall, D. Renzetti, A. Chauhan, T. Brock, J. Lowe, D. Smith, B. Venezi and S. Lloyd.
He has been on tour in USA with the Duo Brillance, the Klonos Trio and the Trio Panamericano, playing and teaching at: University of Minnesota (of which he was also a substitute teacher), Bemidji State Unversity, Augsburg University (Minnesota); Manhattan School of Music, Queensborough Community College (New York); Western Connecticut State University (Connecticut); McNeese State University (Louisiana). In 2018 he played and teached as the only European teacher at the “1st Saxophone Camp” in Seoul, South Korea, together with international saxophonists (Hiroshi Hara, Ching-Shyan Yen, Brandon Jinwoo Choi e Seung-dong Lee). In 2019 he was finalist for the tenor saxophone audition at the Regio Theater Orchestra in Turin.
In 2012 he graduated with full marks in saxophone at the “N. Paganini” Conservatory in Genoa, in 2014 he obtained the Second Level Academic Diploma (Master level, Music Performance) in saxophone with full marks at the same Conservatory and in 2015 he obtained the Second Level Academic Diploma (Master Level) in Chamber Music at the “G. Nicolini” Conservatory in Piacenza with full marks and Honors. He obtains the prestigious “LTCL” degree at “Trinity College of London”. He’s specialized in teaching methods, musical pedagogy and psychology. He has attended music workshops held by Profs. Luigi Gallo, Nobuya Sugawa and many others; he also studied orchestral conducting and in 2017 he was selected as conducting student by M° Donato Renzetti for the Conducting Masterclass in Milan with the “I Pomeriggi Musicali” Symphonic Orchestra.
Davide Nari currently teaches saxophone at the “G. Bruno” Musical High School in Albenga, at the AIYA – Mooc Culture Institute in Singapore and at the Civica Scuola di Musica in Ovada (AL). He is the artistic director at the Musical Society “S. M. Immacolata” in Loano (SV), at the Complesso Bandistico “A. Forzano” in Savona and of the Calizzano Creative Saxophone Festival.
He was selected for the project “Studi per l’intonazione del mare” by S. Sciarrino organized by Teatro alla Scala and MilanoMusica; in December 2023 he performed at the World Saxophone Congress (Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, SPA) in two concerts with the Klonos Trio. He was a soloist with the “Conservatory N. Paganini” Symphonic Orchestra in many theatres, like the “Carlo Felice” Theatre in Genoa, at the “Sala Verdi” in Milan. He regularly performes world and national premieres of contemporary composers including N. Kapustin, M. Mangani, M. Lombardi, L. Fialdini, K. M. Murphy, G. Wanamaker. He won many prestigious first prizes in national and international music competitions in soloist and chamber music sections including the MAP International Music Competition, Los Angeles (USA), 2021. He has published his own arrangements for saxophone for the music publisher “Eufonia” and as indipendent publisher; he is the dedicatee of various compositions and he is regularly invited to hold saxophone masterclasses.
He is currently member of the music chamber duo “Duo Brillance”, of the “Trio Klonos”, of the “Trio Panamericano”, of the “Trio Aelia” and of the “R. Zegna Jazz Orchestra”. He has performed also jazz music with international level artists in important jazz festivals including the “Torino Jazz Festival”, “TriesteLovesJazz”, “UnoJazz” of Sanremo (IM) and “Andora Jazz Festival” (SV).
He played also with the “Sanremo” Symphony Orchestra, the Ensemble Nuove Musiche, the “Opera Giocosa” in Savona, with artists such as Arno Bornkamp, Eric Marienthal, Timothy McAllister, Baptiste Herbin, Riccardo Zegna, Preston Duncan, Nicolas Arsenijevic, Jérôme Laran, Hiroshi Hara, Pietro Tonolo, Gabriele Mirabassi, Gabriele Evangelista, Luigi Bonafede, Giuseppe Andaloro, Andrea Bacchetti and he collaborated with Francesco Cafiso, Dado Moroni, Dino Rubino and Enrico Zanisi.
Davide is endorser artist of the brands “Légère Reeds”, “Silverstein Works” and Odisei Music.
