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2nd Tenor Horn, Italian Army Band
Domenico Cima
✏️ Note for Domenico: your photo is still missing here — the file that had been
assigned to this page actually belonged to Andrea, now corrected. As soon as you send me yours, I'll
replace the circle with initials (.bio-photo-lg) with an <img> tag like on the other
bio pages.
He began his studies at his hometown's band. In 2017 he enrolled in the Euphonium and Tuba class at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, under the guidance of Maestro Fabrizio Iacomini. He earned his three-year diploma with top marks in 2020 and his two-year diploma with a score of 110/110 cum laude in 2022.
He has taken part in numerous masterclasses with Maestros Matteo Caramaschi, Luciano De Luca, Steven Mead, Bastien Baumet, Mauro Martins and Gabriele Malloggi. He collaborates with the Italian Euphonium Academy of M° Luciano De Luca.
For 5 years he held the role of Solo Baritone with the Italian Brass Band, with which he performed as a soloist, under the direction of Maestros Filippo Cangiamila and Giuseppe Saggio.
He has won numerous prize competitions, notably the 22nd edition of the Wings to Talent prize in 2021 and first overall prize, with a score of 100/100, at the 14th edition of the Premio Crescendo in Florence.
In August 2024 he won the prestigious "Jeju International Euphonium Competition" for euphonium. He has performed in several Italian and European theaters, and in particular took part in the spring music festival on Jeju Island in South Korea.
In June 2025 he placed third at the international competition organized by the International Tuba and Euphonium Conference, in Spain.
In May 2022 he was selected to take part in the European Youth Brass Band during the 44th European Brass Band Championship in Birmingham, under the direction of M° Florient Didier.
In August 2022 he recorded Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 7 with the Milan Symphony Orchestra under M° Claus Peter Flor, in the role of Soloist Tenorhorn.
In 2023 he won the position of 1st Tenor Horn with the Guardia di Finanza Band and the position of 2nd Tenor Horn with the Italian Army Band, of which he has been a member since 2 October 2023 and with which he also performs as a soloist.
He has been a Besson and Randefalk artist since 2025. He plays a Besson Prestige 2051 euphonium and a Besson Sovereign 955 tenor horn.