Musica Viva Kentlands July 31, 2021 On the Kentlands Clubhouse Lawn - The Musica Viva Kentlands Orchestra Alessandra Cuffaro, Violinist Simeone ...
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Musica Viva Kentlands
July 31, 2021
On the Kentlands Clubhouse Lawn
Featuring
The Musica Viva Kentlands Orchestra
Alessandra Cuffaro, Violinist
Simeone Tartaglione, Music Director
Our Sponsors
Tonight’s Program
W.A. Mozart
Divertimento K136
Allegro-Andante-Presto
G. Holst
St. Paul Suite
Jig-Ostinato-Intermezzo-Finale
Intermission
F. Kreisler
Praeludium und Allegro for violin and orchestra
Alessandra Cuffaro, Violin
S. Coleridge-Taylor
Novelletten No.4 Allegro Molto
S. Tartaglione
Duet for...Audience and Orchestra (World Premiere)
J.S. Bach
Aria on G string from Orchestral Suite No. 3
A. Paizzolla-Kalb
Fuga y Misterio
A. Copland
Hoe Down from Rodeo
Meet the Maestro
Simeone Tartaglione
Schooled in the European tradition covering conducting, composition, opera and chamber music, Sim-
eone Tartaglione has become a versatile musician with a wide knowledge of and passion for the many
areas of this art. He studied composition and conducting in Rome at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory
and piano performance in Sicily at the Vincenzo Bellini Institute. In addition to his various degrees and
honors, in 2003 he earned a Laurea as Doctor in Philology (Italian Literature and Musicology) Magna
cum Laude, and is a published author.
Tartaglione currently holds a number of positions. At Catholic University in Washington, DC, he is Associate Profes-
sor, Conductor of the orchestra, Orchestral Instruments and Conducting Area Head. He serves as Music Director of
the Delaware Youth Symphony Orchestra, Core Orchestral Department Head and piano instructor at the Music
School of Delaware in Wilmington, Conductor of the Symphony at the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras of Strath-
more in North Bethesda, MD, and Artistic Director and Conductor of ARIANNA Alliance Cultural Events in Delaware.
In May of 2010 he became the Music Director of the Newark (DE) Symphony Orchestra, during which time, this or-
chestra’s audience increased by 63%. The orchestra has also enjoyed record increases in donations, advertisers, and
press coverage during this time.
Among some of his notable performances he conducted Carmina Burana in April 2015 in a sold out Kennedy Center
Concert Hall. In June 2016 he made his debut at the Disney Hall in LA. In September 2015 he conducted the Catholic
University Orchestra, Washington Symphony Brass and several choruses for Pope Francis’ memorable visit to Washing-
ton, DC. In 2018 he conducted Beethoven’s 9th Symphony to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall with Joachim Gauck,
former President of Germany, in attendance.
Tartaglione has had extensive conducting experience in symphonic and operatic repertoire with orchestras from Ita-
ly, the United States, Spain, Russia, Romania, Mexico, the Ukraine and Bulgaria. He has won numerous competitions
and prizes including: Allied Arts, Leon Guide, Athanor, Le Arti, Telamone, Diamante della Musica, Sykele, Rapisarda
and Punto fermo. In Rome he served as the Artistic Director of the Theatre Fusillo and of the MUSA Cultural Associa-
tion for five years.
After winning an audition at the University of Denver he moved there in 2005. At the same university he became Ad-
junct Professor of Conducting while earning an Artist Diploma. Over the next five years he worked as guest conduc-
tor, vocal coach, pianist and harpsichord player with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra’s Education and Outreach
Programs, Central City Opera, Marilyn Horne Foundation, Denver Young Artists Orchestra, Colorado Youth Symphony
Orchestra, Augustana Musica Sacra Orchestra, and Broadway Music School. He also served as cover conductor for
the Colorado Symphony on a number of occasions.
Invited by Maestro Gustav Meier in 2006, Tartaglione moved to Baltimore where he continued conducting studies at
the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University earning a Graduate Performing Diploma in 2009 with a
conducting assistantship. From 2008 to 2010 he worked for the Peabody Opera Department, coaching and con-
ducting several performances, including “Hansel und Gretel.” In 2009 and 2010, he served as the Music Director for a
volunteer group of Peabody and other Baltimore area students and recent graduates that served populations such as
the homeless and prisoners. Still in Baltimore he served as conductor of the Chesapeake Chamber Opera conducting
several staged productions. Tartaglione also collaborated with Mid-Atlantic Symphony, Peabody Symphony, Peabody
Opera, and Hopkins Chorus and on occasion he served as cover and back stage conductor for the Baltimore Opera
and the Baltimore Symphony.
Simeone Tartaglione has performed and recorded as conductor and as pianist in duo with his wife, well known violin-
ist, Alessandra Cuffaro, the first Italian woman who performed all the 24 Paganini’s Capricci in one concert.
Meet the Soloist
Alessandra Cuffaro
“...Extremely tenacious ... she plays with great care for sound, and has an elegant finishing
touch, and musical phrasing to which we have to add strength of communication and the
strong technique that is required to play the 24 Capricci.” - A. Cantù, music critic, journalist
and writer.
“ In her hands, the violin is transformed, becoming a creature pulsating with life...” - G. Sal-
vatori, music critic and journalist, RAI, Tg2, Cultura e Società.
“...An inimitable performer of Paganini... shaping the music with a pure expression that
gushes out from the soul and conquers...” - Prize “Le Arti” P. Amatiello, Roma, Sala della
Protomoteca del Campidoglio.
“A sublime interpreter of my music... and also of the music of others!” - Franco Mannino
“...Alessandra Cuffaro is one of the most complete and ingenious musicians of the Third Millennium...” - N.Mula, art
critic and journalist.
Alessandra Cuffaro is the first woman in the history of Italian violinists to perform the most difficult virtuoso pieces
ever written for violin, Nicolò Paganini’s 24 Capricci Op.1 in one concert.
She graduated in only six years (rather than the regular twelve) at the Corelli Conservatory under the guidance of
L. Fusconi. Her studies continued at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena with R. Brengola, and with S. Girshenko, David
Oistach, and B. Canino in numerous workshops. In Rome, she earned her second degree in Chamber Music from
the Santa Cecilia Conservatory, with Marco Lenzi with the highest honors. She earned also the Artist Diploma at
the University of Denver with Linda Wang.
Alessandra has won many first-absolute prizes for her playing in national and international competitions. Her more
than seven hundred performances as soloist with orchestra, solo violin or chamber music, have been reviewed in
American, Italian, Spanish, French and Eastern European newspapers, radio and televisions such as R.A.I. and CBS
News.
Ms. Cuffaro has taught several master classes in Italy and in the US. She has played all the 24 Capricci about 23
times around the world, in New York, Rome, Madrid, Boston, Denver, Assisi, Leon, and Mantua. Recently, she was
celebrated among the most important Italian Americans of the present generation with the Cultural Award by ILI-
CA Foundation in New York City for her Paganini performances. The motivation on the prize says: “To have pro-
moted the most authentic Italian culture around the world: Unique like Paganini”.
In August 2009 she won the opening for one of the top violin positions in Italy, at the Palestrina Conservatory in
Cagliari. In Nov 2011 she moved to the United States with her family. Currently she is a violin faculty at The Catho-
lic University of America in Washington, DC.
She plays a wonderful Vincenzo Sannino 1914 violin known as “Il Violino Magico”.
She plays alongside her husband, pianist, composer and conductor Simeone Tartaglione.Musica Viva Kentlands Orchestra Violin I Nataniel Draiblate, Concertmaster Hanbing Jia Amy Walder Shu-Ting Yao Violin II Enrique Reynosa, Principal Anita Garcia Brittany Young Viola Dan Zhang, Principal Talya Shenk Cello Ken Ding, Principal Joey Gotoff Bass Kimberly Johnson, Principal Dan Zhang, librarian and Personnel Manager
Musica Viva Kentlands Committee
Ronald Thelin, Chair
Simeone Tartaglione, Musical Director
Jaree Donnelly, Chair, Kentlands Community Foundation
Ailene Renzi, Board Member, Kentlands Community Foundation
Elisabeth Monaco, Executive Director, Kentlands Community Foundation
Donna Dixon
Robert Dymond
Ariel Ferrari
M. Deneise Hammond
Charles Hanson
Nalini Padmanabhan
Lisa Pickett
Reynaldo Rojas
A special “Thank you” to the Businesses and Individuals who donated items or
services for our Online Auction
Andes Bike Shop
Italian Cultural Society
Clear Skies Meadery
Kentlands Film Society
Alessandra Cuffaro
Kentlands/Lakelands 5K
Cute Tips
John Kraft
Jaree Donnelly
Mike Leonard
Everest Tutoring and Test Prep
O’Hair Salon + Spa
Fleet Feet
Reynaldo Rojas
Foundry Fitness
Dr. Erminia Scarcella
Rob Garretson
Sin & Grin
Goldfish Swim School
Simeone Tartaglione
The Grilled Oyster Company
Vintage Limos
Il Canale
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