UT Music Faculty and Guests to Give Recital Oct. 17

On Monday, Oct. 17, The University of Tampa will welcome soprano Theresa Cincione and pianist Elisabet Fandiño, along with music faculty members Grigorios Zamparas, piano, and Aric Brian, trumpet, for a recital in the Sykes Chapel and Center for Faith and Values. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

The performance is a sampling of the three recitals Cincione, Fandiño, Zamparas and Brian presented this summer at the 28th annual Portoheli Festival Supporting Culture and the Arts in Portoheli, Greece. The program will feature a Baroque set, including works by Torelli, Handel and Scarlatti, as well as a Spanish set, including pieces by Piazzola, Turina and Lecuona. It will also include classical Italian arias, jazz works by Gershwin and Ellington, and a new piece by Canadian composer Peter Tiefenbach.

Cincione, who has sung principal roles at New York’s Metropolitan Opera since 1991, has established a reputation for versatility and excellence across a wide spectrum of operatic, concert and chamber repertoire. She has sung leading roles at opera companies around the world, including Mimi in La Bohème, Micaela in Carmen, Margerite in Faust, Liu in Turandot and Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro.

Fandiño received her bachelor’s degree in music performance (piano) at UT in 2014 and her master’s degree in music from the University of South Florida in 2015. She teaches private piano lessons in the South Tampa area and is part of the National Piano Guild organization as well as the Music Teachers National Association.

Zamparas is an associate professor of music and director of piano studies at UT. He is an active concert pianist and performs both as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles. He has given master classes around the world.

Brian regularly performs as an extra musician with the Florida Orchestra, Sarasota Orchestra, Sarasota Opera and Opera Tampa, and also plays for tours of Broadway shows at the Straz Center and with other touring artists. He is a faculty member at UT, the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg College and Southeastern University and is the brass coach for the Tampa Metropolitan Youth Orchestras.

For more information, contact the music department at music@ut.edu.