Nick | Rachel | Duo Cintemani
Championing music and community with a passion embodied in combined creative zeal.
Nick
Nicholas Ciraldo is a leader among his generation of American classical guitarists. At the start of his career, he won awards and reached high levels at the Tredrez-Locquemau International Guitar Competition (France), the Gaetano Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition (Italy), the GFA Solo Guitar Competition (USA), the Portland International Guitar Competition (USA), and the MTNA Guitar Competition (USA). Ciraldo now pursues numerous solo, chamber, and concerto performances across four continents, now having played in such venues as the United States’ Jordan Hall, Germany’s Berliner Dom, and Brazil’s Teatro José Maria Santos.
Rachel
Over the past two decades, Rachel Taratoot Ciraldo has built her flute career through various avenues, including orchestral playing, chamber music projects and performances, collaborations and commissions, education, and administrative responsibilities. She views the arts from all perspectives, including performing, teaching, artistic direction, fundraising, marketing, and advocacy. The direct and indirect aspects of how the arts change the world for the better have inspired her career path allowing her to utilize all of her professional skills to the fullest.
Having performed together for more than two decades, Nick and Rachel Ciraldo are a fun pair of musical talents with a reputation for being distinctive, expressive, and colorful.
“You can’t get better than this!”
—Richmond Times-Dispatch
“Superb musicality and technique were brilliantly displayed. The program was excellent in its diversity as you both displayed your command of all the different styles. I don’t know when I have enjoyed hearing such a satisfying performance.”
—Chaminade Club
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