Antonino Secchia was born in 1988 and first studied percussion in his native Italy with Fulvia Ricevuto and electro-acoustic composition with Domenico Sciajno at the Antonio Scontrino Conservatory in Trapani.
Parallel with the completion of his degree, in February 2010 he was also accepted to begin studies at the Franz Liszt Hochschule in Weimar with an Erasmus scholarship. In the winter of 2010/11 he began his studies in Weimar with the support of the New Liszt Foundation of Weimar. He completed his Konzertexamen in percussion under Markus Loeson and Gerhard Gläser in November 2023 with distinction. In March 2023, he won a scholarship from the YAMAHA Music Foundation of Europe.
Secchia has performed as a timpanist and percussionist with various orchestras including the Staatskapelle Weimar, the Jena Philharmonie, the Göttinger Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Altenburg-Gera, the Rudolstadt Theater, and the Landestheater of Lower Bavaria.
He has made guest appearances at many festivals, including Isole in Musica, Livelxem!, Audiovisiva – Milano, Suonafrancese, and the Weimar Frühjahrstagen for Contemporary Music. In addition, Secchia has also appeared at the Schloss Hundisburg Music Festival, Reverb Festival, and the Regensburg Jazz Weekend. As a soloist, he is active in jazz (vibraphone, percussion) as well as in other ensembles such as the Quartett Note Azure.
For some time Secchia has also been working on composing and preparing his work for music theatre, dramatic stage, and youth theatre, and has worked with the Regensburg Theater, Theater Impuls, Munich Teamtheater, and the Goethe Institut of Palermo.Weimar, der Jenaer Philharmonie, dem Göttinger Symphonie Orchester, dem Philharmonischen Orchester Altenburg–Gera, dem Theater Rudolstadt und dem Landestheater Niederbayern.
Antonino Secchia gastierte auf verschiedenen Festivals, darunter Isole in Musica, LiveIxem!, Audiovisiva – Milano, Suonafrancese, den Weimarer Frühjahrstagen für Zeitgenössische Musik, Schloss Hundisburg Musik Festival, Reverb Festival und Regensburg Jazz Weekend.
Als Solist ist er auch im Bereich Jazz aktiv (Vibraphon / Percussion), sowie in verschiedenen weiteren Formationen (wie z.B. dem Quartett Note Azure).
Seit einiger Zeit beschäftigt er sich mit der Gestaltung und Bearbeitung eigener Kompositionen für das Musiktheater, Schauspiel und das Junge Theater und arbeitete mit den Bühnen der Stadt Gera/Altenburg, dem Theater Regensburg, dem Theater Impuls, dem Teamtheater München und dem Goethe Institut Palermo zusammen.
