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Roman Simovic’s virtuosity and musicality have taken him throughout all continents, performing on many of the world’s leading stages including the Carnegie Hall, Mariinsky Hall St Petersburg and Grand Opera House Tel-Aviv. As soloist, he has appeared with world-leading orchestras and conductors. He has served as a Leader of the London Symphony Orchestra since 2010.
Simovic has been awarded prizes at numerous international competitions, among which are Premio Rodolfo Lipizer, Sion-Valais, Yampolsky Violin Competition and the Henryk Wieniawksi Violin Competition, placing him among the foremost violinists of his generation. A sought-after artist, he has been invited and continues to perform at various distinguished festivals.
Simovic holds a visiting professor of violin position at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and has extensive experience as an educator. He has presented masterclasses in the US, UK, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Montenegro and Israel, as well as at the Verbier Festival, where he frequently performs as a soloist with orchestra, as chamber musician and recitalist.
Simovic has released a comprehensive list of recordings. Most notable are four CDs directing the LSO String Orchestra for LSO live, as well as a CD of the complete Paganini Caprices for solo violin. In November 2024, LSO live released a new CD with Simovic as soloist, performing Miklós Rózsa's Violin Concerto as well as Béla Bartók's Violin Concerto No 2, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle and Kevin John Edusei. LSO Live released his latest CD in August 2025, with six solo sonatas by Eugene Ysaye. The Rózsa and Ysaye recordings are nominated for the prestigious ICMA award.
During 2024, Simovic performed as a soloist on tour with São Paolo State Orchestra (OSESP), with conductor Thierry Fischer at the opening of Musikfest Berlin in the Great Hall of the Berlin Philharmonic, and at festivals in Edinburgh, São Paolo, Granada, Tübingen and Hanover. This year, he has performed with the Buenos Aires Philharmonic, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, OSPA, Athens State Orchestra, Toscanini Philharmonic, Transylvania State Orchestra and Liszt Chamber orchestra. The 2026/27 season will bring concerts with Weimar Staatskapelle, tour in Brazil and Japan in 2027 and recordings for NHK.
Simovic plays a 1709 Antonio Stradivari violin which was generously loaned to him by Jonathan Moulds.
