Connecticut Virtuosi Orchestra's Summer Music Festival

Connecticut Virtuosi Orchestra's

Summer Music Festival

Thursday, August 11th

Friday, August 19th

Sunday, August 21st

Faculty Recital: 7:00pm
Antonio Vivaldi

Student Recital: 7:00pm

Pergolesi Stabat Mater: 6:00pm

All concerts will take place at:
St. James Episcopal Church
Farmington, CT 06032

Faculty Bios

Brunilda Myftaraj, violin
A graduate with the highest honors from the Conservatory of Fine Arts in Tirana, award-winning Albanian-American violinist BRUNILDA MYFTARAJ is currently concertmaster of the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, the Connecticut Lyric Opera, and the International Greve Opera Academy in Italy. She is also the director of the Virtuosi Music Academy and the Summer Music Institute in Farmington, Connecticut, where she also teaches violin and chamber music.

Adrian Sylveen, violin
Adrian Sylveen enjoys a performing career both in the United States and in Europe. He is a founder and the artistic director of the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, the Connecticut Lyric Opera Company, and the Classical Orchestra of Pila in Poland. From 2011 to 2013 he was a conductor for the Magnum Opus series with the New Britain Symphony – The Connecticut Virtuosi.

Jurate Svedaite, soprano
Possessing a vocal artistry and stage presence capable of “transfixing audiences with moments of opera magic,” Lithuanian soprano, Jūratė Švedaitė, has performed throughout Europe and the United States with the Lithuanian National Chamber Orchestra, Connecticut Lyric Opera, Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Kaunas (Lithuania) Chamber Orchestra, Classical Orchestra of Piła (Poland) and the Lithuanian National Ensemble “Lietuva” among others

Nathaniel Baker, piano
Nathaniel Baker has performed as a concert pianist throughout the U.S., Europe and South America. He studied piano with Luiz de Moura Castro and Irma Vallecillo. Nathaniel holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Performance and Music Theory from The Hartt School and a Master’s in Piano Performance from the University of Connecticut. He presently works as a staff accompanist at the University of Rhode Island. Baker has also served as music director for operatic and theatrical productions at Simsbury Light Opera Company, Choate Rosemary Hall, Madison Lyric Stage, and Seven Angels Theatre. He is the Music Director at Peace Dale Congregational Church in Peace Dale, Rhode Island.

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