Short CV 2014

PINA MAGRI
www.pinamagri.com
[email protected]
PERFORMING ARTIST /VOICE TEACHER / SONGWRITER
EDUCATION
Smith College, Bachelor of Arts, Magna cum Laude, Art History, French Elected PHI BETA KAPPA
Music Conservatory “Santa Cecilia” Final Diploma in Voice, Rome, Italy
Music Conservatory “Luigi Cherubini” Voice 3rd level Diploma, Florence, Italy
New York University Art Institute, New York City
Università di Firenze Art History, Florence, Italy
La Sorbonne French Literature, Paris, France
Middlebury College Summer Language School, Middlebury, USA
MASTER CLASSES, SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria M° Ettore Campogalliani “Opera” Prof. Paul Shilhawsky “The German Lied”
Fiesole School of Music, Italy M° Ettore Campogalliani Walter Blazer
10th Master Class Enrico Caruso Florence, Italy Prof. Paul Shilhawsky
Academy of Music Ottorino Respighi Assisi, Italy M° Ettore Campogalliani
Academy of Music Chigiana Siena, Italy M° E.Campogalliani Daniel Ferro Julliard School of Music, New York
Music Conservatory Noisy-Le-Sec, France First Medal Prof. A.M. Bondi
Phil Hall Musical Theatre, New York City Masters Class
Songwriter’s Workshop, New York City
International Award Foyer des Artistes” Gold Medal La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy March 1999
Academy of Music Chigiana, Siena, Italy Voice Scholarship, 1987
PRIVATE STUDIES
M° Ettore Campogalliani, Mantova, Italy
Eloise Finardi, Smith College, Massachussetts, USA
Ron Clairmont, Broadway, New York City
Madame Dupleix, Opera Comique, Paris, France
Phil Hall, Broadway, New York City
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Hunter College adjunct professor Workshop ”Learn Italian through Opera” NYC Summer/Fall 2014
New York University adjunct instructor Italian Summer/Fall 2014
Italia Italiano Workshop “Learn Italian through Opera” NYC January 2014
Star Rose Academy of Performing Arts, Rome, Italy Voice Teacher, 2008-2011
High School Giulio Cesare, Rome and Liceo Classico L'Aquila, Italy Special Concert/ Lesson series: 2006-2009
Mozart School, Rome, Italy Voice Teacher, 2004 -2008
Scuola Aniene Rome, High School, Italy Voice Teacher (individual and group), 2003-2004
St. Louis Jazz School of Music, Rome, Italy Voice Teacher (individual and group), 2000-2003
Associazione Musicale “Il Cortile dei Musici” Liceo Musicale, 1999
City Music Schools, New York City, 1995-1996
Liceo Statale “Giovanni Pascoli, Firenze, Italia “ Learn English through music”
SPECIAL SKILLS
Trilingual: English, Italian, French (expertise in pronunciation and translations for singers)
Piano, synthesizer, computer skills, song writing, acting, folk guitar
Italian National Radio RAI, Program Director, Musica Ieri e Oggi
Translations, adaptations, songwriting
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“I have had the pleasure of working with Pina Magri several times during my career, and each time was a splendid
occasion to appreciate her vocal qualities. Technically and musically of the first order… I believe she has all the
qualities needed to make her mark in the musical world. .” - Academy Award-Winning Maestro Ennio Morricone,
Italy’s leading soundtrack composer for movies with Clint Eastwood, Sergio Leone
“…Pina Magri deserves special praise…an Italian-American of uncommon talent as operatic soprano, soft-rock and
musical theatre performer. She completed her diploma in Voice at the Conservatory of Music ‘Santa Cecilia’ in
Rome, Italy and pursued further studies in vocal technique in Salzburg and New York City, renowned centers in their
respective branches of musical achievement.” - Enrico Giacovelli, La Gazzetta del Piemonte
PERFORMANCES
Musical Theatre
Mary of Nazareth lead Elisabetta Italian National Tour 2010-2011
The Picture of Dorian Gray lead Sybil Vane Italian National Tour 2004-2005
Man of La Mancha lead Aldonza/Dulcinea Teatre Marigny, Champs Elysees, Paris, France
Amore Amore lead Psyche director Gino Landi Teatro Manzoni, Rome, Italy
MacGregors lead Patty/Rachel Nam Festival Intar Theatre, New York City
Jacques Brel is Alive, The Fantastiks lead Luisa, the girl Teatro Rondo` di Bacco Florence, Italy
Sognando Broadway lead singer/actress National Tour (excerpts from West Side Story, Phantom of the Opera, Jesus
Christ Superstar, and Funny Girl)
Opera and Classical
La Boheme Mimi, Teatro Verdi, Firenze, Italia
Soprano Florence Opera House Chorus Maggio Musicle Fiorentino including Zefirelli’s Traviata , Falstaff,
Turandot conductors Mehta, Muti, Claudio Abbado, Giulini, Bartoletti, Gavazzeni, Sawallisch, Prêtre,
Chung, Ozawa, Bychkov, Sinopoli
Damnatione de Faust soloist voix celeste, conductor Charles Dutoit, Florence Opera House
Bach Cantata 32 solo voice oboe and organ Cattedrale di Arezzo
Il Paese del sorriso principal, Princess Mi Opera Barga performances Teatro del Festival Barga and Teatro
Verdi di Montecatini, Terme, Italy
I Solisti del M adrigale Italiano soprano 5 voice a cappella 2 year National Italian Concert Series Luca
Marenzio, Gesualdo da Venosa, Claudio Monteverdi etc director Fosco Corti
Stabat M ater, Pergolesi, soprano soloist Chamber Orchestra of Florence conductor G. Montanari
Final Concert Festival International de Chant soloist Place Stanislas, Nancy, France, with Orchestra and
1,000 choir members Choral de Nancy
Luci dell’Anima soprano, Cloister S. Agostino Rieti, Ministero per i Beni alle Attivita Culturali, Comune e
Provincia di Rieti
Italian Opera soprano, Fordham University, Bronx, New York, USA, Pope Dante Italian Cultural Society
Leonardo, the Horse soprano, Grand Ceremony, with Sixth Fleet Band and la Fanfara dei Carabinieri Milan,
Italy ceremony following concert with conductor Riccardo Muti
Church music
Soprano St Paul Choir NYC 2014
Soprano Blessed Sacrament Choir NYC 2013
Vatican Soloist psalm singer for Pope John Paul II St Peter’s Square and Sala Nervi Vatican Rome
Soprano Soloist Basilica Saint John in Lateran 14 year choir member Gregorian Chant, Palestrina, Mozart
Haendel, Purcell, Monteverdi, Frisina etc 1998-2012
Concerts as Soloist and Producer: Original Thematic Theatrical Concerts
From Italy with Love, the American dream seen through the eyes of Italian-American immigrants, with a virtuoso
blend of Puccini, Walt Disney, Broadway, etc., Performed at Majestic Theatre Oct 12, 2011
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Broadway Atmospheres Evita, My Fair Lady, West Side Story, Cats, The Wizard of Oz, Phantom of the Opera,
Porgy and Bess, A Chorus Line, New York, New York
from Bach to Broadway “ has the moon lost her memory?” a poetically thematic concert which seamlessly
interweaves Bach's Air on the G string with original text, Henry Mancini, Webber, Puccini, Garner, a monologue from
Master Class, Spirituals, original music by Pina Magri, Michel Legrand, Hammerstein, Leigh
Divinamente Divas “women in music”
Leggende Medotterranee Ethinic Symphonic Concerto
Vocalist Italian National Television 1988-2000 RAI 1-TV prime time variety shows Pippo Baudo, Mara Venier,
RaffaellaCarra`…Johnny Dorelli, Madonna, Ray Charles...
Program director Italian National Radio RAI Musica Ieri e Oggi
Discography
Soprano Soloist
Il Principe Del Deserto Omar Sharif, Eliot Gould, Carol Alt, Composer Ennio Morricone, Platinum &Gold Box Sets
Hamlet Mel Gibson, director Franco Zeffirelli, composer Ennio Morricone
Phenomena/Creepers Jennifer Connelly, director Dario Argento
Till We Meet Again composer Vladimir Kosma
I Solisti Del Madrigale Italiano Marenzio Gesualdo, and Monteverdi Conductor Fosco Corti
Beauty and the Beast Walt Disney Solo Madame De La Grande Bouche and Choral Singing Dubbed in Italian
Ice Age 2 Solo and Choral Parts Dubbed in Italian
Winnie the Pooh Live Solo and Choral Parts Dubbed in Italian
Composer/Lyricist/Performer
Nell ‘anima Bach’s Air on the G-String Guarda Le Mie Mani cd Italian Artists for Africa (300,000 copies sold)
Sunshine of Your Love Smilax Records
Hypnotized Ibiza Night Records
W ings of Love arranger Mark Hayes Solo and Choral versions
M iniature Puccini Choreography and Original Music, Lucca Puccini Festival
Vincent, L’Infinito in Me, Part of Me, Inside, Luceat, Think Positive, One Spirit One World, The Dream, Paternoster,
If We Try, The Music in You, Not Like You, etc.
Performed as soloist in the following venues: Teatro Verdi - Firenze, Teatro Sistina – Roma, Anfiteatro Romano Arezzo, Teatro Donizzetti – Bergamo, Teatro Politeama Rossetti – Trieste, La Gran Guardia – Livorno Teatro
Comunale Guglielmi Massa , Teatro Politeama – Catanzaro Teatro Rondolo Valli – Reggio Emillia, Teatro Partenio AvellinoColosseo -Torino,Teatro Comunale -Noto,Teatro Cilea – Reggio Calabria, Teatro Bellini- Napoli, Miniature
Puccini Choreografy Lucca, Palazzo Barberini-Roma, Teatro Colognola Circolo Lirico Mayr-Donizzetti Bergamo,
Anfiteatro di Acri Reggio Calabria , City of Ladispoli Department of Culture Tourism and Entertainment, Auditorium
Sala Sinopoli Rome, Teatro Francesco Cile reggio Calabria, Teatro Manzoni-Roma, Teatro orfeo – Taranto Teatro
Carini – Sassuolo, Teatro Municipale- Casalmonferrato, Teatro del Festival Opera Barga -Barga, Montecatini Terme
– Montecatini, English Speaking Theatre Festival teatro Rondo` di Bacco – Florence...Majestic Theatre – Springfield
Mass.. Mount Carmel Academy -Springfield Mass. USA Our Lady of Pity Church- Springfield Mass. Wisthariahurst
Museum – Holyoke Mass, Sage Hall Smith College Northampton Mass. Intar Theatre New York City...Teatro Marigny
USA Champs Elysees – Paris, France, etc.
Television and Commercials
RAI 1 – Italian National Television vocalist – Fantastico, Premio Donatello, Europa-Europa, Partita Dopia, Gino
Bramieri Show, Festa Italiana, Domenica In 1990-2010
Canale 5 National Television – Sixth Christmas Concert at the Vatican
Roma Sat SKY Television and Gold TV 2010–2012
My Fair Lady, Weathering Heights, Memory from Cats, Magnificat duet with Franco Simone 2012-2013
Ginori Inox, soprano soloist, “The queen of the night” The Magic Flute by Mozart
Mulino Bianco soloist, music by Ennio Morricone
Studio work dubbing including Disney movies as soloist and vocalist
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