John Muratore performs regularly as a soloist and chamber musician, appearing throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and Russia. He has performed with numerous ensembles including Alea III, the Spectrum Singers, the Mastersingers and Counterpoint. Recent concerto appearances have been with the Longwood Symphony, and the Boston Chamber Orchestra, and for their 2005-06 twenty-fifth anniversary season, Symphony by the Sea invited Mr. Muratore to perform Joaquin Rodrigo's Concerto de Aranjuez. These performances were so successful that SBS has invited John to again perform the Rodrigo with them in July, 2006.
He has worked closely with many composers to produce new solo and chamber works for the guitar, and has premiered works by Daniel Pinkham, Scott Wheeler, Roger Zahab and John Appleton, to name a few. John has been the featured soloist at the Academie Festival des Arcs, the Aspen Music Festival, the St. Petersburg (Russia) Chamber Concert Series as a soloist and the Atelier International Concert Series in Paris.
In 1996 John was awarded First Prize in Alpha Delta Kappa Foundation's National Competition for String Players. A graduate of The New England Conservatory, John has studied with Robert P. Sullivan, Frederic Hand and Oscar Ghiglia.
The Boston Globe has described him as "a fleet-fingered and musicianly performer" and has characterized his playing as "...unleashing so many different varieties of tone and color in quick succession...a kind of aural iridescence." Mr. Muratore has recorded for Arabesque and Albany Records and can often be heard live on WGBH Radio's Classical Performances with host, Richard Knisely. John is on the faculties of Boston University and Dartmouth College and is coordinator of the guitar program at All Newton Music School. He resides in Boston with his wife, opera director Patricia-Maria Weinmann and their two children.