Earned his degree in Orchestral Conducting at the Bologna National Conservatory and the Accademia Musicale Pescarese with M°Donato Renzetti.
Nicola also earned a degree in Choral Conducting and in Piano at the Adria National Conservatory in Italy. Studied Composition and specialized in Orchestra and Choir Conducting with M˚ Filippo Maria Bressan, M˚ Piero Bellugi nd M˚ Giancarlo Andretta. Nicola also earned a degree in Musical Pedagogy (Diplôme d’Etat de Professeur de Musique) at CEFEDEM of Normandy in France.
Over the last few years Conductor Simoni has collaborated with the Orchestra Gran Teatro La Fenice of Venice, the Seoul Proart Orchestra in Seoul, Korea; Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Orchestra Filarmonia Veneta, Orchestra Antonio Vivaldi, Bellagio Festival Orchestra Italy; Orchestre de Nîmes, Avignon National (Orchestra France); choir and orchestra Anima Una of Minsk; Capella Sonorus Orchestra of Belarus; Filarmonia Krakowska (Poland) ; Armenian State Symphony Orchestra (Yerevan- Armenia); Almaty National Philharmonic Orchestra (Kazakistan), Kyrgyz National Opera and Ballet Orchestra (Kirghizistan)
In Russia: The Yurlov Russian State Academic Choir, State Symphony Orchestra “Novaya Rossiya”, Russian State Symphony Orchestra « E.Svetlanov » (Grand Hall, Moscow Conservatory), Ryazan Philharmonic Orchestra, Penza Regional Symphonic Orchestra, Voronezh Opera House orchestra, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra.
In Ukraine : Kharkiv Opera House orchestra, the INSO Symphonic Orchestra, Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra and the Odessa Opera House orchestra ; Bucharest Symphonic Orchestra and the orchestra of the Cluj-Napoca Opera House in Romania ; Raanana Symphonette at Tel-Aviv Opera House and Haifa Auditorium (Israel).
Conducted the orchestra version of Carmina Burana at the Teatro Verdi of Padua,at the Palazzo Ducale of Revere in Mantova (Italy) and at the International Performing Arts Center of Moscow (Russia); La Serva Padrona at Palazzo Zuckerman of Padova; Turandot at Avignon Opera house (France), La Traviata at Pyeongtaek Art Center and at Jinju Art Center in South Korea; performing I’Elisir d’amore by Donizetti in The Theatres of Padova and Bassano del Grappa in Italy; La Cambiale di Matrimonio by Rossini at Teatro Argentino de La Plata in Argentina; II Barbiere di Siviglia and Rigoletto in the Theatres of Padova and Bassano del Grappa in Italy ; the world premier of « Aznavour classique » (Aznavour Foundation).
Collaborated as artistic director with associations and municipalities such as Artes Italia, Monselice, Selvazzano Dentro and Montegrotto Terme.
Nicola is also the artistic director of the International Lyric Academy of Padova – Circolo della Lirica di Padova, Italy.
Lectured about 17th Century Venetian Choral Music at the NationalAcademy of Music in Minsk, Belarus and has given masterclasses for Choir in: the Provincia de Buenos Aires in Argentina; the Gyeongsang National University and the Iksan Musical High School, both in Korea.
He’s won several competitions and has received many prizes including the scholarship from Bayreuther Festspiele 2012 and the Young Veneto Excellence Award 2013