John De Simone

John de Simone was born in Aylesbury in 1974. In 1993 he began to compose whilst studying the tuba at St Mary’s Music School in Edinburgh. He continued his education at Cardiff University, progressing to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and finally to the Royal Academy of The Hague, under Anthony Powers, Robert Saxon, Bilius van Bergeijk and Martijn Padding. In 2000 he founded the ensemble m.use. and in addition to his compositions for this group