Sylvia D’Avanzo
Violin
Sylvia D’Avanzo, violinist, has a varied NYC freelance career running the gamut from symphony and ballet to recordings, Broadway and touring.
She has played for over 30 Broadway shows including Sunset Boulevard, The Light in the Piazza, Sunday in the Park with George, She Loves Me, Kiss Me Kate and Sponge Bob Square Pants. Sylvia is currently the concertmaster for the upcoming 2023 Lincoln Center Theater revival of Camelot. She has also toured extensively with Barbra Streisand, Harry Connick Jr and Madeleine Peyroux. Highlights include a performance with Harry and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl and a sold out week of shows with Madeleine at Ronnie Scott’s in London.
In addition to her Broadway and touring life, Sylvia has played with the symphonies of Phoenix and Baltimore as well as the Philharmonia Hungarica, American Ballet Orchestra, St. Lukes and the American Theater Orchestra. She holds degrees from Mannes College of Music and Yale University. Her major teachers were Sally Thomas, Paul Kantor and Joyce Robbins. Sylvia lives in Hell’s Kitchen and loves opera, theater, tennis, cooking and travel.
I would be very grateful if you would provide my contact information to Sylvia. I am a distant relative, the grandson of John and Antonette Vitullo, and I knew both her parents over a period of many years. In fact, I used to baby sit for her and her brother when they were in single digits living in Rhode Island. I now have a daughter living in Manhattan and I visit the city often. It would be lovely to meet, if possible. Thank you.
John Tessitore; johntess@cox.net; (401) 529-8477.