Dario Scalabrini is a Helsinki based freelance clarinettist

About Me

Dario Scalabrini

Hailing from Brisbane, Australia -Dario Scalabrini is a passionate performer who has been described as a “young dynamo” (Limelight Magazine) with “great emotional range” (Brisbane Stage).

Dario has worked with eminent artists and organisations including the Finnish Radio Symphony, Elision Ensemble, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia, Kuopio Symphony Orchestra, Jyväskylä Sinfonia, Simone Young, Lawrence Power, Ensemble Q and Southern Cross Soloists. In addition, he has featured as a solo artist for the Castlemaine State Festival, Melbourne Recital Centre and Brisbane Music Festival.

Dario is currently studying a Master of Music at the Sibelius Academy under the tutelage of Christoffer Sundqvist. He has also studied with David Thomas at the Australian National Academy of Music and with A/Prof Paul Dean at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. Dario is generously supported by the Australian Music Foundation, Ian Potter Cultural Trust and the PPCA. Dario has received awards from The Ursula Hoff Institute, The Brisbane Club and The Rotary Club of Brisbane for outstanding musical performance.


Recordings

How Strange the Change by Erik Griswold commissioned by Brisbane Music Festival and recorded for ABC Classic 2021
Performing Bartok’s Contrasts Live at the Athenaeum for Australian Digital Concert Hall 2022
Soundchecking Elena Kats-Chernin’s Grand Rag for Castlemaine Festival performances in 2023

Upcoming Performances

Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven 4 with Antony Hermus

Concert Hall, Helsinki Music Centre

Saturday 1st November

05:00pm

Nyky Ensemble: CybOrgan

Temppeliaukion kirkko, Helsinki

Wednesday 5th November 07:30pm

Kuopio Symphony Orchestra: Emotions and Variations

Dvorak 6 and Rococo Variations

Music Centre Hall, Kuopio

Thursday 13th November 06:00pm

Musiikkitalo Chamber Music Evening

Bartok Contrasts, Wennakoski Mien, Milhaud Cheminee

Camerata Hall, Helsinki Music Center

Monday 8th December 06:00pm

Recital: Dario Scalabrini and Alex Raineri

Fourth Wall Arts 540 Queen St, Brisbane, Australia

Sunday 14th December 2025

03:00pm

Queensland Pops Orchestra: Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert

18/19 December 2025

07:00pm