Simone Pierini

«Harpsichordist Pierini is not yet 30 … I will want to hear everything he does. […] His musicianship is superb»
(American Record Guide, January/February 2025)

«One cannot find any fault with Pierini’s work … this is one set that really ought to be a part of any collection of Baroque keyboard music. Highest recommendation.»
(Fanfare, January/February 2024 on his recording of A. Tinazzoli)

Nominated by the British radio Classic FM as one of the thirty most important musicians under 30 for the year 2024 (link), Simone El Oufir Pierini performs regularly on both the harpsichord and the fortepiano, with a repertoire spanning from the 16th century to the late 19th century.
His recording activity, for such labels as Brilliant Classics and Da Vinci Classics, includes works by authors such as H. de Montgeroult, F. Mendelssohn, L. Cherubini, J. B. Cramer on fortepiano, as well as the complete works for harpsichord A. Tinazzoli, Le Bret, Charles De Mars, Ph. F. Véras. His recordings were broadcast on radio stations such as Rai Radio 3, Radio Classica, Ö1 (Austrian National Radio), Vatican Radio, SRF 2 Kultur (Switzerland), IMER (Mexico), RTVE (Spain). His recording of fortepiano works by the last active composer of Couperin’s dynasty, Gervais-François Couperin, obtained a nomination for the Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik, 2025/1.
Simone Pierini regularly performs in public as a solo harpsichordist and continuo player for institutions, orchestras and ensembles such as Urbino Musica Antica, Roma Festival Barocco, Roma Sinfonietta, Associazione Musicale Karl Jenkins, Muzio Clementi Musical Association, Contrasto Armonico, Musica Antiqua Latina, Orchestra Barocca dei Conservatori Italiani, Opera Prima Ensemble, Reate Festival: for the latter, he presented a complete performance of J. S. Bach’s Musicalisches Opfer BWV 1079.
Born in Rome on 9th of December 1996, Simone El Oufir Pierini began studying the piano at the age of eight. Aged eighteen, he graduated in piano from Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome with highest honours (original 10/10, lode e menzione d’onore). After initially pursuing a career in piano, obtaining a number of prizes in national and  international competitions, his interests turned mainly on historical performance practice, and he later took a master’s degree in Harpsichord under the guidance of E. Baiano, again with highest honours (110/110, lode e menzione d’onore).
Other professors with whom he honed his skills on the harpsichord were G. Togni, D. Pozzi, A. Coen.
He also undertook the study of historically informed piano practice, taking part in courses and masterclasses held by A. Lubimov, A. Staier, G. Bonino, J. Sprosse, T. Koch, M. Bartoccini, S. Fiuzzi. He obtained a master’s degree in Musicology in 2022 cum laude from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, with a dissertation upon the transition between harpsichord and fortepiano in contemporary literature.
He is a member of the Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart ensemble, with which he performs as a continuo player on the harpsichord and organ. He has performed, as well as in Italy, in the UK, Germany, China, Canada, Poland, Finland, Spain.