Matteo Mastromarino is an Italian clarinetist currently serving as 2. Solo Clarinet of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Yle RSO), based in Helsinki.

He began his musical journey at the age of three with the Orff method, taught by his father Paolo. He started studying the clarinet at age seven and graduated eight years later under the guidance of Antonio Tinelli. He continued his studies with Alessandro Carbonare at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome and earned a Master’s degree in Musical Interpretation with Romain Guyot at the Haute École de Musique in Geneva.

During his training years, he was a member of the Italian Youth Orchestra and was selected by Riccardo Muti to join his Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra.

Throughout his career, he has received major recognition in international competitions, winning the Lisbon International Clarinet Competition, the Malta Woodwind Competition, the Marco Fiorindo International Clarinet Competition, the Saverio Mercadante International Clarinet Competition, and the Ciro Scarponi International Clarinet Competition.

In 2019, he moved to Finland after winning the audition for Principal Clarinet of the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he held until February 2025. During those years, he also taught as Clarinet Professor at the University of the Arts in Turku until 2022.

In 2023, he won the Principal Clarinet position in both the Orchestra della Toscana and the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, choosing to spend the 2023/2024 season in Palermo. At the end of the season, he decided to return to Finland, driven by a deep artistic and professional connection with the country.

He has collaborated with numerous orchestras and ensembles, including Les Dissonances, the Copenhagen Philharmonic, Teatro Regio di Torino, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, the Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino, and Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza.

He has worked with internationally renowned conductors and soloists such as Herbert Blomstedt, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Riccardo Muti, Daniele Gatti, Sakari Oramo, Fabio Luisi, Juraj Valčuha, Nicholas Collon, Olli Mustonen, Evgeny Kissin, Julian Rachlin, Maxim Emelyanychev, John Storgårds, Leif Segerstam, Jeffrey Tate, John Axelrod, Hannu Lintu, Nathalie Stutzmann, Andris Poga, Shlomo Mintz, and Alexander Lonquich.

He has taken part in international tours as both orchestral and chamber musician, performing in prestigious festivals and venues such as Philharmonie de Paris, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Victoria Hall Geneva, LAC Lugano, Philharmonie de Luxembourg, Ravello Festival, Ravenna Festival, and the Osterfestspiele Salzburg.

Alongside his orchestral work, Matteo is actively engaged as a soloist and chamber musician, fields that represent a core part of his artistic path. He has performed as a soloist with the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, Schloß Weißenstein Akademie Jugendorchester, Magna Grecia Orchestra, and Ensemble ’900 of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

He has recorded for the label Digressione Music and collaborates regularly with Ondine, with whom he has recorded with the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and continues to produce new recordings with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.

On June 22, 2016, he was awarded by the President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Laura Boldrini, during the National Music Day.

Matteo plays Henri Selmer Paris clarinets, D’Addario Woodwinds reeds, and Silverstein Works ligatures.