托马斯Muraco

为纪念
(1949-2024)

Read MSM’s remembrance of 托马斯Muraco.

College 教师:
Vocal Arts: Collaborative Piano; Related Studies in Vocal Arts: French Diction, 背诵的, 声乐训练

托马斯Muraco has been described as “simply one of the finest collaborative artists before the public today” by the 波士顿环球报. Known for his technical virtuosity, he has been praised for his interpretations of Mozart, 贝多芬, 舒伯特, 舒曼, 肖邦, 布拉姆斯, 狼, 德彪西, 拉赫玛尼诺夫, 和Poulenc, 和 given premieres of William Schuman 和 George Perle. He has partnered such singers as Adele Addison, 约翰·欧特, 玛蒂娜·阿罗约, Arleen钻, 约翰的脸颊, 菲利斯科廷, 玛丽邓利维, 信仰Esham, Maureen Forrester, Denyce坟墓, 本海普纳说, 亨利Herford, 应黄, 烟灰墨乔, Susanne Mentzer, 克里斯•梅里特, 罗伯塔•彼得斯, 赫尔曼猎物, 像是罗宾逊, 珍妮Tourel, 贝妮塔瓦伦特, 和 Dolora Zajick, 和 instrumentalists John Graham, 罗伯特·曼, Arnold Steinhardt, Zara Nelsova, 赎金威尔逊, 彼得Winograd, 和 the American 和 Shanghai String Quartets. Mr. Muraco has recorded on the Serenus, 中国国际广播电台, 和 Musical Heritage labels 和, 最近, released a 布拉姆斯 Liederabend on CBC Records with contralto Maureen Forrester.

Mr. Muraco has trained pianists in the art of accompanying 和 coaching, as well as singers, at Manhattan School of Music since 1993. He has also taught at the Clevel和 Institute of Music 和 State University of New York at Stony Brook 和 given master classes at the Aspen 和 Banff Music Festivals 和 the St. Louis Conservatory. Influential teachers in his own training include Brooks Smith at the Eastman School of Music, from which he graduated with distinction, Jeaneane Dowis, 和 conductors John Nelson 和 David Gilbert.

Mr. Muraco has been chairman of the jury of De Vive Voix in Vivonne, France, where in 2008 he performed Die Winterreise. He has conducted Lakme in Tel Aviv for the International Vocal Arts Institute; La Cenerentola with Opera San José as his debut in 2002; 和 Die Zauberflöte 和 Idomeneo at Opera McGill. He made his debut at Tri-Cities Opera in April 2015 conducting 《火博体育官网》 to critical acclaim. At Manhattan School of Music, he has conducted Opera Repertoire Ensemble productions of Die Zauberflöte, Rigoletto, 福斯塔夫, 露西娅, 《火博体育官网》, Hänsel und Gretel, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Lakme, 《波希米亚, 茶花女, 卡门, Madama Butterfly, 唐乔凡尼, Dialogues des Carmélites, Il Tabarro, 和 Gianni Schicchi. In April 2016, the Opera Repertoire Ensemble will present 路易莎•米勒.

Mr. Muraco had the honor of assisting in the preparation of performances 和 a recording of 《波希米亚 under the direction of Leonard Bernstein. He assisted in preparing both operatic 和 symphonic repertoire for John Nelson for performances of the Verdi Requiem at Carnegie Hall 和 Entführung aus dem Serailwith L’Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, 和 for James Conlon with the Cincinnati Symphony.

As the Studienleiter-Kapellmeister at the Theater Bremen in 2008, he conducted performances of 纳布科. In 2009 he performed with tenor 本海普纳说 at La Scala, Dortmund Konzerthaus, Opéra National de Paris, Berlin Philharmonie, 和 the Barbican Centre in London. In the summer of 2012 in Siena Mr. Muraco conducted both Händel’s 奥兰多 和普契尼的 Suor当归. In the summer of 2013 he coached at the Santa Fe Opera, the Banff Centre, 和 Opera Advantage in New York State. He is on the Advisory Board of the Art Song Preservation Society of New York.