Nancia D'Alimonte
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10 May 1960
- Eastman School of Music (DMA)
- Ithaca College (MM)
- Royal Flemish Music Conservatory
- Conductor
- Musician
- Composer
Nancia D'Alimonte | |
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| Born | Nancia Stover 10 May 1960 |
| Citizenship | United States |
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| Organizations | NIH Philharmonia |
| Spouse | Giancarlo D'Alimonte |
| Scientific career | |
| Doctoral advisor | Mendi Rodan |
| Website | maestradalimonte |
Nancia D'Alimonte (born Nancia Stover on 10 May 1960) is an American musician, composer, and conductor.
She founded the NIH Philharmonia orchestra and serves as its music director. She is also the conductor of Kennedy Center's annual concert Messiah Sing-Along from 2023. She has served as principal conductor of the Loudoun Symphony Orchestra between 2018 and 2023.[1]
D'Alimonte earned a Master of Music (MM) in horn performance from Ithaca College. She later got a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in orchestral conducting from the Eastman School of Music, with Mendi Rodan as her teacher. She also studied horn at the Royal Flemish Music Conservatory in Brussels (Belgium).[1][2]
In 2005 she founded the NIH Philharmonia, an 85-piece orchestra in Bethesda, Maryland, and has been its musical director ever since.[3][4][5][6]
She directed the George Washington University Orchestra as principal conductor between 2005 and 2015.[7] In 2015, she was appointed principal conductor of the Metropolitan Chorus in Arlington, Virginia, on the 50th anniversary of the chorus.[8]
In June 2018, D'Alimonte was appointed to serve as music director and principal conductor of the Loudoun Symphony Orchestra, becoming the third conductor in the history of the orchestra and the first woman.[9][3][10] She was chosen after the process to appoint a new principal conductor for the symphony between 2016 and 2018, in which other conductors such as Todd Craven, Jason Love, and Juan Gallastegui were also selected for the process, though D'Alimonte was ultimately chosen.[11] She led the orchestra until 2023.[10]
In 2023 D'Alimonte was chosen to conduct the annual Messiah Sing-Along concert at the Kennedy Center, leading the Washington National Opera Orchestra.[12][13]
She has been a conductor of different orchestras in the United States (New York, Colorado, Georgia, Pennsylvania or Tennessee), Russia, Romania, and Moldova (National Chamber Orchestra).[1]
In addition to conducting, D'Alimonte is a professor in the music department at George Washington University.[14]
In 2024 D'Alimonte joined the Board of Directors of the John S. Mulholland Family Foundation, an organization that helps to provide food assistance to the working poor of inner-city Washington, D.C.[15]
Personal life
D'Alimonte currently lives in Falls Church (Virginia). She is married to the Italian descent investment businessman Giancarlo D'Alimonte.[16]