About Nick
Nick Russoniello is a highly accomplished and dynamic saxophonist, composer, ensemble leader and educator. A graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Conservatorio di Musica “Giuseppe Verdi” di Milano, Nick has appeared as a soloist or guest musician with many of Australia’s premier arts organisations including the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, the Australian World Orchestra, the Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra, The Metropolitan Orchestra and the Acacia Quartet. He has been the recipient of major awards including the ABC Symphony Australian Young Performer of the Year Award, Fine Music Kruger Scholarship and a finalist for the Australian Freedman Fellowship.
Nick’s projects and ensembles (Duo Histoire, Golden Age Project and his solo live looping show) are highly acclaimed, with appearances for the Sydney Festival, the Royal College of Music (London), Musica Viva Australia, ABC Classic FM, Conservatorio di Milano (Italy), Strasbourg Cité De La Musique (France), The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestras and Australian Digital Concert Hall.
Nick is renowned for his high-impact compositions and his engaging presentation style. In 2025, supported by Create NSW, Nick toured his new work Air Mass, an immersive composition for saxophone and live electronics. This tour comprised 18 concerts and 15 workshops across six Australian states. Nick was also a features artist with the Nexas Quartet at the 2025 World Saxophone Congress (China) performing a concerto with Harbin Symphony Orchestra. In 2026, Nick’s newest project On the Wireless will tour nationally for Musica Viva Australia in Schools.
Nick holds a doctorate from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, is a Yamaha Australia Artist, D’Addario Woodwind Artist and a Represented Artist with the Australian Music centre.
In Review:
“Not all world premieres are created equal. Hand on heart, for me this was the best I’ve heard so far, and judging by the audience reaction at the close of the piece, everyone seemed to feel the same. It’s always a sign when – lots – of people jump to their feet, pound the floor, and cheer and clap their way through three encores. Incredible."
Classikon
Ron Ringer (Concerto for Alto Saxophone Where the Mountain World Premiere)
"There are two markers of a Nick Russoniello world premiere: an overwhelming sense of fun; and a unique hook to shatter the glass between the musicians and the audience...Russoniello’s performance was riveting in its passion and skill on this occasion. He’s an exceptional performer and soloist – you almost have to laugh in astonishment at some of what he delivers, and it’s gripping when he joins forces with an orchestra."
Limelight Magazine
Maddy Briggs (Concerto for Alto Saxophone Where the Mountain World Premiere)
“A former Young Performer comes of age… everything one would expect of fine chamber music playing: a sensitivity towards tonal and timbral balance, a keen ear for flexible musical conversation and, perhaps most importantly, a sense of fun.”
Limelight Magazine
Will Yeoman (Between Worlds Album)
