Current projects

Cacioppo’s extended work “Fantasy-Choruses on ‘This Little Light of Mine'” is included on the latest release “Reflections in Time” by Althea Waites, UCLA/Piano Spheres artist-in-residence. Nine of his piano vignettes are included on the new Navona Records CD “Mood Poems” by pianist Bruce Leto, Jr. Soprano Mary Bonhag and pianist Paul Orgel just recorded his cycle “Songs With & Without Words” to be released presently in video form.
Having completed both Symphony No. VIII and Symphony No. IX, Cacioppo is composing his 10th Symphony, as well as a large scale collaborative work “Amari Incanti” with librettist Claudio Saltarelli. In additional collaborations of late, Cacioppo has joined in projects with Joseph Horowitz (an NPR program dealing with Native American composer Louis Ballard) and the German novelist Christian Much (in whose newest book he plays a role).

Click here to view the John Thornton documentary entitled “Ying Li and Curt Cacioppo: A Synaesthetic Marriage of Art and Music.”

Curt Cacioppo, piano, with baritone Alex Dobson in Winterreise

Curt Cacioppo, piano, with baritone Alex Dobson in Winterreise

Past Projects

For presenters and prospective collaborators, here are titles of some past productions that he has been involved in, reflective of various themes. For a complete annotated program of any event or series, please contact him through this site and material will be furnished in PDF or other formats as requested.

  • “The West” – major festival sponsored by the ACF and the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Horowitz, artistic advisor
  • “American Roots” –major festival of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and the Newark Museum, Joseph Horowitz, artistic advisor
  • “Fantasies and Reflections” – a program of premieres of new works, including the major piano cycle Three American Fantasies
  • “A Celebration of Native American Ceremony: the Navajo Coyoteway” – week long residency with Navajo John Co’ií Cook & premiere by Moscow Quartet
  • “The Distant Native Voice” – CD & Symposium highlighting the crossover of Native American and Euro-American musics
  • “Incroci di Millennio/Millennium Crossings” – CD & tour – Italian and American piano music from the last quarter of the 20th century, a trans-Atlantic venture
  • Winterreise and Beyond” – an interdisciplinary celebration with baritone Alexander Dobson 
  • “Il pianoforte nel repertorio del Novecento e contemporaneo” – an atelier series for advanced students of piano and composition, with solo recital finale
  • “Divagando attorno all’opera Sequenza del Vespero Vermiglio” – a dialogue with Luigi Cerantola, poet, & Curt Cacioppo, composer, sponsored by the Benetton Research Center, Treviso
  • “Italy in Music, Verse and Vision” – a multi-media event, with international participation, centered on the work of Gabriele D’Annunzio
  • “Liszt in Italy” – a multi-media realization of Liszt’s Italian-inspired solo works, with Kenneth Fearn, piano
  • “Viva Vivaldi” – the premiere of oboe concerto, written for the International Venice Festival at the Chiesa della Pietà, based on Vivaldi’s famous Gloria
  • “Beethoven for Bosnia” – all of the sonatas for piano and violin in a series of three benefit concerts to aid student refugees
  • “German American Day” – featured artist for the 17th annual day of friendship, sponsored by the Deutsch-Amerikanischer Freundeskreis Niederrhein in Duisburg, Germany
  • “Expressionist Miniatures” – a multi-media show combining music, art and poetry from early 20th century Germany and Austria
  • “Channeling Tradition for the New Millennium” – a multimedia presentation showing how stylistic flexibility, audience outreach, and enhanced content recording widen public recognition
  • “Stile e stilemi dagli Indiani d’America – a series of lectures on Native American music and its place in the broader cultural context, first offered at the Conservatory of Milan

Past Collaborators

Violin

Eugenia Alikhanova
Alberto Battiston
Barbara Broz
Ekaterina Budnikova
Laurie Carney
Che Hung Chen
Melvin Chen
Tomas Cotik
William de Pasquale
Francesco D’Orazio
Eugene Drucker
Jennifer Elowitch
Franz Felkl
Eva Gruesser
Franco Gulli
Daniel Han
Solomiya Ivakhiv
Gloria Justen
Doosook Kim
Nicholas Kitchen
Galina Kokhanovskaia
Marcia Littley
Carlo Lazari
Paul Manaster
Luigi Mazzocchi
Geoffrey Michaels
Magdalena Modzelewska
Marco Rizzi
Paul Roby
Domenic Salerni
Leonard Samuels
Philip Setzer
Rick Shinozaki
Kate Stenberg
Jenny Shames
Charles Stegeman
Arnold Steinhardt
Ari Streisfeld
Igor Szwec
Albert Tan
Kristopher Tong
Andrea Vio
Misha Vitenson
Peter Winograd
Roger Zahab

Viola

Daniel Avshalomov
Carol Briselli
Giada Broz
Joseph de Pasquale
Lawrence Dutton
Renard Edwards
Michael Klotz
Tatiana Kokhanovskaia
Doris Lederer
Charlton Lee
Yi-Chun Lin
Luca Morassutti
Raymond Montoni
Mai Motobuchi
Mario Paladino
Giancarlo di Vacri

Cello

John Acosta
Hannah Addario-Berry
Derek Barnes
Vivian Barton
Klaus Broz
Jason Calloway
Eva Csaranko
Robert Erhard
Nicola Fiorino
David Finckel
Donna Fournier
David Geber
Yumi Kendall
Yeesun Kim
John Koen
Tom Kraines
Lawrence Lenske
Julia Lichten
Olga Ogranovitch
Peter Rejto
Alan Stepansky
Rachel Steuermann
Mark Tanner
Carlo Teodoro
Angelo Zanin

Bass

Chuck Israels
Rob Kesselman
Douglas Mapp
Anne Peterson
Aaron Robertson
John Zugel

Flute

Jeanne Baxtresser
Andrea Ceccomori
David Cramer
Cynthia Ellis
Ellen Finks
Jennifer Higdon
Yoshimi Oshimi
Evren Ozan
George Pope
Daniele Ruggieri
Giorgia Santoro
Mauro Scappini
Mimi Stillman
Adeline Tomasone
Andrea Vecchiato
Mary Youngblood

Oboe/Clarinet/Bassoon

Michele Antonello (oboe)
Jonathan Blumenfeld (oboe)
Evan Ocheret (oboe)
Vance Reger (oboe)
Jane Owen (oboe)
Josh Kovach (clarinet)
David Krakauer (clarinet)
Benjamin Lulich (clarinet)
Bruno Righetti (clarinet)
Davide Teodoro (clarinet)
Lynette Cohen (bassoon)
David Intrator (bassoon)
Angela Anderson Smith (bassoon)

Horn

Philip Myers
William Purvis
Peter Reit
James Ross
Karen Mendocha Schubert
Frøydis Ree Wekre

Trumpet

Graham Ashton
David Bilger
Rich Clymer
Douglas Hedwig
Darin Kelly
Eric Schweingruber

Other instruments

Tim Albright (trombone)
Paul Bryan (trombone)
Alejandro Cardona (guitar)
Nina Kellman (harp)
Barry McCommon (bass trombone)
Mónica Minár (guitar)
Anthony Orlando (percussion)
Paola Perrucci (harp)
Kimberly Rowe (harp)
Stefano Tononi (percussion)
Kyle Turner (tuba)
Janet Witman (harp)
Angela Zator-Nelson (percussion)

Piano

Charles Abramovic
Adriano Ambrosini
Daniel Anastasio
Emanuele Arciuli
Peter Basquin
Matthew Bengtson
Ira Braus
Sara Davis Buechner
Gabriele Carcano
Anne Chamberlain
Chiara Cipelli
Lisa Emmenheiser
Kenneth Fearn
Rob Frankenberry
Anastasia Gromolgasova
Charles Gangemi
Elitza Harbova
Debra Lew Harder
Olga Kotlyarova
Linda Laurent
Monica Jakuc Leverett
Arthur Maddox
Giovanni Mancuso
Alan Moverman
Paul Orgel
Aldo Orvieto
Ben Pasternack
May Phang
Riccardo Piacentini
Leslie Sixfin
Wan-Chi Su
Colette Valentine
Alessandro Vena
Althea Waites
Bernhard Wambach
Laura Ward
David Allen Wehr
Lisa Weiss
Amy Yang
Harold Zabrack

Other Keyboard

Richard Alexander (organ)
Luigi Celeghin (organ)
Scott Dettra (organ)
Hans Fagius (organ)
Robert Gallagher (organ)
Ken Lovett (organ)
Atsushi Takazumi (harpsichord)
Tracy Richardson (organ & harpsichord)
Giuseppe Zanaboni (organ)

Conductors

Claudio Ambrosini
William Appling
Salvatore Caputo
José Cueto
Harvey Felder
James Freeman
Angel Gil-Ordóñez
Adrian Gnam
Paul Goodwin
Thomas Hong
Heidi Jacob
Christopher Kendall
Clayton Krehbiel
Louis Lane
Stefan Lano
Thomas Lloyd
Andrea Manucci
Edward McClary
Mario Merigo
Geoffrey Michaels
Karl Middleman
Joseph Modica
Eddie Mora
Donald Nally
Tian Hui Ng
Fabio Pirola
Joseph Quittner
Jeffrey Rink
James Ross
Carl St. Clair
Eric Townell
Daniel Walshaw
James Yannatos
Roger Zahab
Nathan Zullinger

Vocalists

Justine Aaronson
Nancy Armstrong
Johanna Arnold
Kristina Bachrach
Jessica Beebe
Kelly Ann Bixby
Joy Blackett
Karen Blanchard
Alyssa Bowlby
Brigitte Canins
Alexander Dobson
Suzanne DuPlantis
Pura Fe & Ulali
Janice Fiore
Anne Fuchs
Misoon Ghim
Debora Govoni
Mark Hagerty
Leah Inger
Maurizio Magnini
Randi Marazzo
Gaia Mattiuzzi
Brian Ming Chu
Michael Riley
James Reese
David Ripley
Tiziana Scandaletti
William Sharp
Rebecca Siler
Ágnes Sipos
Cie Sotome
Janet Steele
Jane Struss
Fiammetta Tacca
Elizabeth Weigle

Composers

William Albright
Ingrid Arauco
Daniel Asia
Louis Ballard
Claude Ballif
Marino Baratello
Hans Christian Bartel
John Benskin
William Bolcom
Charles Cacioppo
George Cacioppo
Beatrice Campodonico
Robert Capanna
Alejandro Cardona
Robert Carl
Joseph Castaldo
Franco Cavallone
Ernesto Rubin de Cervin
Raven Chacon
Andrea Clearfield
George Crumb
Tina Davidson
Roberto de Mattia
Bill Dobbins
Daniel Dorff
Michael Eckert
Cynthia Folio
Katherine Freiberger
David Froom
Orlando Jacinto Garcia
Ada Gentile
Peter Gilbert
Jeremy Gill
Luis Jorge González
Mark Hagerty
Stephen Hartke
Jennifer Higdon
Lee Hoiby
Michael Hersch
Joseph Hudson
Massimo Iamone
Louis Karchin
Ulysses Kay
Kendall Kennison
Earl Kim
Leon Kirchner
Jan Krzwycki
Robert Kyr
Stefan Lano
Robert Hall Lewis
Ruth Lomon
Daniel Luzko
Robert Maggio
Philip Maneval
Jill McManus
Larry Nelson
Ketty Nez
Karola Obermueller
Riccardo Piacentini
Claire Polin
Robert Pollock
Paolo Porto
James Primosch
Trevor Reed
Barbara Rettagliati
Jay Reise
George Rochberg
Michael Alec Rose
Mathew Rosenblum
Judith Sainte Croix
Paul Salerni
Christopher Shultis
Kile Smith
Larry Alan Smith
Donald Sur
Richard Trythall
George Walker
Robert Ward

Ensembles

Duo Alterno
Fiore-Cacioppo Duo
Ceccomori-Harbova Duo
Trio Sona
Dolce Suono Trio
Sartory Trio
American Quartet
Amernet Quartet
Borromeo Quartet
Dakota Quartet
De Pasquale Quartet
Emerson Quartet
Moscow Quartet
Ravenhill String Quartet
Lyric Fest
New York Chamber Brass
Quartetto di Venezia
Libramentum
Friends Chamber Group
Philadelphia Brassworks
Ensemble Ex Novo
NED Ensemble
Haverford Chamber Players
Cornell Contemporary Chamber Players
Network for New Music
PostClassical Ensemble
20th Century Consort
Left Bank Concert Society
Virtuosi dell’ Ensemble di Venezia
Venice Cello Ensemble
Ensemble Solarium
National Jazz Ensemble
Orchestra 2001
Chamber Orchestra of Bryn Mawr
Chamber Orchestra First Editions
Bach Society Orchestra
Alba Festival Orchestra
Carmel Bach Festival Orchestra
Philadelphia Classical Symphony
American Composers Orchestra
Yale Symphony Orchestra
Curtis Symphony Orchestra
University of Memphis Symphony
University of Maryland Symphony
University of Pittsburgh Orchestra
Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
Chicago Symphony
Milwaukee Symphony
National Symphony
Kansas City Symphony
Tacoma Symphony
Akron Symphony
Rochester Symphony
State Orchestra of Mexico
Orquesta Sinfónica de Heredia
Cathedra Choir
Maryland Chorus
Coro Madrigalia
Coro MensanaX
Chapman University Chorus
Choir of St. Paul’s Chestnut Hill
Haverford-Bryn Mawr Chamber Singers
Viva Voce Chamber Singers
Voces Novae et Antiquae
Chamber Singers of U Mass Boston
The Crossing
Coro Accademia Musicale di Venezia
The Thunderbird American Indian Dancers

 

Artists and people of letters

Renato D’Agostin (photographer, NY & Venice)

Christopher Cairns (sculptor)

Retha & Steve Gambaro (sculptor & photographer)

Martha Kent (painter)

Hee Sook Kim (print maker, painter, installation artist)

Ying Li (painter)

Charles Stegeman Sr. (painter)

Kofi Agawu (musicologist)

Stanislaw Baranczak (Polish poetry)

Jeff Brown (NPR News Hour)

Nevia Pizzul-Capello (author, President of the Goethe Institut/ACIT, Venice)

Nancy Omaha Boy (the Native American experience)

Luigi Cerantola (Italian poet)

John Co’ií Cook (Navajo elder and spiritual leader)

Paulita Aguilar (Indigenous Nations Library Program)

Oliviero Corbetta (Italian actor)

George Dameron (history of medieval Italy)

Susan Dean (Native American Literature)

Ada Deer (Cherokee tribal leader, activist)

Ted Fernald (Athapaskan linguistics)

Richard Freedman (musicologist)

Shelley DePaul (Chief of the Lenape Nation)

Ashok Gangadean (global philospher)

Ray Evans Harrell (Cherokee elder, spiritual leader, musician)

Berkant Haydin (president, Joseph Marx Society)

Joseph Horowitz (author in music)

Paul Humphreys (ethnomusicologist)

Charles Krause (correspondent; founder, Center for Contemporary Political Art)

Frederica de Laguna (anthropologist)

Lidia Landriscina (classicist, author, Le Marche)

Lia Laterza (printmaker, Piemonte)

Robert Leverett (cofounder, Native Tree Society)

Alessio Mancino (artist, designer Venice & London)

Frederick Mauk (musicologist)

David McAllester (ethnomusicologist)

Jill McManus (jazz pianist, author, filmmaker, activist)

Renzo Oliva (artist, author, Italian consul)

Owen Owens (environmentalism & human rights)

Vera Bauer Palmer (Native American studies)

John Peters (Supreme Medicine Man, Wampanoag Nation)

James Ransom (Native American Literature)

Joseph Russo (classics, Sicilian folklore)

John Thornton (videographer, digital artist)

Harvey Sachs (author in music)

Claudio Saltarelli (Italian poet)

Christopher O. Scaife (poet, actor, educator, academic leader)

Michael Sells (Islamicist & religion professor)

John Sessions (contemporary Italian music)

Tom Simone (Dante translator)

Inés Talamantez (Native American religion)

Vladimir Tamari (visual artist, physicist, inventor)

Friedrich Thiel (poet & writer, German & English)

Margot Villecco (design critic)

Barbara Wall (Peace & Justice Education)

Brian Yothers (Melville/Whitman scholar)

Paul Zolbrod (Navajo language and legend)

Venues, festivals, conferences

Curt Cacioppo has appeared at 60 or more venues on the U.S. college/university circuit, at over 40 gallery/library/community venues, at nearly 20 prominent domestic venues, and at some 50 foreign venues. He has participated in various roles at more than 70 festivals/residencies/conferences internationally.

Commissions

For those individuals and organizations who might wish to commission future works, please consult the works page to get a sense of his track record with commissions, grants, awards and prizes.