Past Schedule

Mezzo-soprano Tara Venditti and soprano Mardi Byers will join Raphael in a Liederabend featuring "Quarantine Camp," "Due Poesie di Tonino Guerra, the world premiere of NONSENSE! and other  works for voice and piano.

Raphael will conduct Opera Lucca in the world premiere of his new cantata La contesa canora on a historic libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini

Raphael will conduct the young artists of Classic Lyric Arts in the world premiere of Le parole dei mesi, a new work for mixed voices and piano on words by Tonino Guerra.

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Raphael will present his most recent artistic research in a lecture recital entitled "Making (Non)Sense: Exploring Phonemes, Neologisms and Extended Vocal Techniques through Composition." The event will conclude with the world premiere of the orchestrated version of NONSENSE!

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A series of exclusive lecture recitals for Tauck River Cruises

Raphael will join the 5th Doctoral Conference on Music and Musicology of the Sorbonne to present his recent study on the overlap of catchiness across popular and classical music