About Mark
American conductor Mark Shapiro is an acclaimed conductor of orchestras, opera, and choruses, with an extraordinarily broad and diverse repertoire. He has built a reputation for exactness in musicianship, fluent and engaging rehearsals, and emotionally and spiritually powerful performances, and he is unique among North American conductors for having won six ASCAP Awards leading three different ensembles.
... an insightful conductor who draws subtle and dynamic playing from his musicians.
EVENTS
The Cecilia Chorus and Orchestra of NY in Bach and Bernstein
Carnegie Hall
Mark Shapiro leads The Cecilia Chorus and Orchestra of New York in Bach's cantata #63 and Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and Mass (concert excerpts edited by Doreen Rao)
The Cecilia Chorus and Orchestra of New York in Brahms Requiem & Hailstork
Carnegie Hall
Mark Shapiro conducts The Cecilia Chorus and Orchestra of New York in the NY premiere of The World Called, by Adolphus Hailstork on poetry by former US Poet Laureate Rita Dove. With the German Requiem by Johannes Brahms.
ALBUM HIGHLIGHTS
Le vin herbé - FRANK MARTIN
Mark Shapiro, Conductor Laura Danehower Whyte Steven Tharp Cantori New York
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Selections from Chéri
Michael Dellaira, composer Erik Lautier, Maggi-Meg Reed, Elena Shaddow, Marni Nixon, Lorinda Lisitza, Peter Clark, Charlotte Cohn, Actors Studio Workshop Mark Shapiro, conductor
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PRESS HIGHLIGHTS
The New York Times
The insightful conductor Mark Shapiro draws subtle and dynamic playing from the excellent orchestra. 'Juilliard Opera: Benjamin Britten The Rape of Lucretia.'
The insightful conductor Mark Shapiro draws subtle and dynamic playing from the excellent orchestra. 'Juilliard Opera: Benjamin Britten The Rape of Lucretia.'
OPERA NEWS
Captivating...Conductor Mark Shapiro led with crisp elegance. [Juilliard Opera The Rake's Progress] Image:©2022 Richard Termine
Captivating...Conductor Mark Shapiro led with crisp elegance. [Juilliard Opera The Rake's Progress] Image:©2022 Richard Termine