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SUMMARY:Szymanowski & Tracz (World Premiere)
DESCRIPTION:~ A part of the 2026 Polish Heritage Festival ~ \n“In Via” for Choir Soloists & Orchestra ……..Sandra Tracz\nA meditation on John Paul II (World Premiere) \nViolin Concerto no.2\, op. 61……………………..Karol Szymanowski\n        Brunilda Myftaraj\, violin \nStabat Mater\, op. 53………………………………..Karol Szymanowski\n         Laura Anderini\, soprano (Szymanowski)\n         Emily Tate Daniel\, soprano (Tracz)\n         AddieRose Brown\, alto\n         Laurentiu Rotaru\, bass (Tracz)\n         Wojciech Bonarowski\, baritone (Szymanowski) \nPolonia Children’s Choir\nSchola Cantorum Sanctae Rosae Limanae \nConnecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra\nAdrian Sylveen\, conductor \n  \n \nAlbanian-American violinist Brunilda Myftaraj has drawn enthusiastic accolades from audiences as well as critical acclaim for her masterful musicianship in Albania\, Italy\, Greece\, France\, Morocco\, Austria\, Switzerland\, Poland\, Israel\, and in the United States. She has been praised by the New London Day critic as an “especially fine and beautiful player”. Although Myftaraj’s teachers are some of the world’s finest\, her true inspiration comes from audiences and her students. Her recordings of“Naked Violin” and “The American Pie” received impeccable reviews from Fanfare magazine. Brunilda was part of the Love’s Tango recording project with Alex Nakimovsky and June Bizantz\, which has been awarded a 2019 Silver Global Music Award. Currently Ms. Myftaraj holds the position of Concertmaster for the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra and Opera as well as the Greve opera festival in Italy. Brunilda has been a violin\, viola and chamber music teacher for over twenty five years in Farmington and Hartford Connecticut. Ms. Myftaraj has appeared at Carnegie hall as a soloist for several performances with the Virtuosi chamber orchestra with works by J.S.Bach\, W.A.Mozart and Alban Berg. She is a member of the Berkshire Bach Society. She holds a BA degree from the conservatory of the fine arts in Tirana\, Albania and MM in performance from Stony brook University in LI\, NY \nLaura Andreini is an accomplished soprano with over fifteen years of experience performing in prominent national and international opera productions and concert series.She began her musical education as a pianist in Arezzo before shifting her focus to vocal performance. She attended the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and graduated with highest honors from the Istituto di Alta Formazione Musicale R. Franci in Siena in 2010. She further honed her skills through prestigious programs\, including the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Formation\, the Opera Studio Verista in Livorno\, and under the guidance of renowned masters like Luciana Serra and Celso Albelo. An internationally active artist\, Andreini has performed across major Italian venues such as the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino\, Teatro Goldoni\, and Milan’s Auditorium della Sinfonica. Her global career spans numerous countries across Europe\, the Americas\, and Africa\, including notable appearances at Carnegie Hall in New York\, as well as performances in Russia\, Germany\, France\, Austria\, and Switzerland. She frequently collaborates with leading ensembles\, including the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Chamber Orchestra. \n \nHailed for her “powerful\, rich voice with great control”\, Emily Tate Daniel is an American soprano on the rise. In the 2025 – 2026 season\, Emily makes her role debut as Nedda in Pagliacci with Greve Opera in July 2025\, a role she reprises in November 2025 with Connecticut Virtuosi Opera. She debuts with Regina Opera as Suor Dolcina in Suor Angelica\, covers the title role in Madama Butterfly with Maryland Opera\, sings Frasquita in Carmen with Connecticut Virtuosi Opera\, and performs the title role in Suor Angelica with Camerata Bardi Vocal Academy. Previous seasons have seen Emily as the title role in Luisa Miller at Verismo Opera\, Alice Ford (cover) in Falstaff at Opera San José\, Tosca (cover) in Tosca at Livermore Valley Opera\, and Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte at Asheville Lyric Opera. She is an alumna of the San Francisco Conservatory and the Peabody Conservatory. \nPraised for her “velvety mezzo” (Wall Street Journal) and “warm and brilliant sound\, dripping with pathos” (Observer)\, AddieRose Brown brings heartfelt authenticity and theatrical imagination to both opera and concert stages. In the 2025–26 season she makes her mainstage debut with Opera on the James as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly\, returns to the Hudson Valley Singers for a solo program\, and appears as Belinda in Dido & Aeneas in Troy and Saratoga Springs. Her 2024–25 season included a Resident Artist appointment with Teatro Nuovo\, a company debut with Cambridge Chamber Ensemble in Menotti’s Labyrinth\, performances with Experiments in Opera\, and solo appearances in Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Corigliano’s Fern Hill. She also debuted with Giannetta in L’elisir d’amore\, Hansel in Hansel and Gretel\, and Siebel in Heartbeat Opera’s Faust. A passionate curator of new and poetic programs\, AddieRose has premiered works by living composers\, won NYC songSLAM\, and continues to champion contemporary American song. \nRomanian-born bass-baritone Laurentiu Rotaru is an acclaimed performer whose career spans opera\, concert\, and oratorio repertoire. Trained at the Conservatory of Bucharest\, he performed with the National Opera of Bucharest before establishing himself in the United States. A resident of Connecticut\, he holds degrees in music performance from Central Connecticut State University and the University of Connecticut. Mr. Rotaru has appeared with numerous opera companies and orchestras throughout North America and Europe\, including Connecticut Lyric Opera\, Connecticut Virtuosi\, Virtuosi OPERA\, Mississippi Opera\, Shreveport Opera\, Opera Theater of Connecticut\, and Cleveland Opera Circle. His repertoire includes such distinguished bass roles as Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte)\, Leporello (Don Giovanni)\, Don Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia)\, Sparafucile (Rigoletto)\, and Méphistophélès (Faust). A prizewinner in several vocal competitions\, including the National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition and the Connecticut Guild Opera Competition\, Rotaru made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2004. Equally at home in sacred and symphonic repertoire\, he is a sought-after interpreter of major works such as Handel’s Messiah\, Mozart’s Requiem\, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem\, and Dvořák’s Requiem. \n \nWojciech Bonarowski is a graduate of the Academy of Music in Gdańsk (Faculty of Vocal and Acting Studies). He refined his vocal technique under the guidance of Halina Mickiewiczówna and Piotr Kusiewicz\, and through masterclasses with Ryszard Karczykowski\, Kaludi Kaludov\, Roland Panerai\, Katia Ricciarelli\, and Renata Scotto. He currently collaborates with conductor and pianist Pablo Zinger. He has performed in Poland and internationally\, including two tours across Western Europe with the ensemble of the Wrocław Opera as a soloist in The Magic Flute by W.A. Mozart. In the USA and Canada\, he has appeared at Carnegie Hall\, Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal\, St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York\, as well as at numerous prestigious cultural events within Polish diaspora communities. He is a finalist of the Marcella Sembrich-Kochańska International Vocal Competition in New York (2012) and the First Prize winner of the Nadezhda Obukhova International Vocal Competition in New York (2013). Most recently\, he appeared in the prestigious gala concert “The Magic of Operetta”\, alongside leading operetta stars from Poland\, at the Queensborough Performing Arts Center in New York.
URL:https://thevirtuosi.org/event/szymanowski-stabat-mater/
LOCATION:St. Rose of Lima R.C. Church\, 269 Parkville Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY
CATEGORIES:“We the People” Immigrant Stories in Music,2026 Polish Festival,2026-2027 Season,New York City,NYC,Y27 Concerts
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