José Miguel Cueto

Recognized for the beauty of his tone, Mr. Cueto performs worldwide as chamber musician, concert master, and guest soloist with orchestras. He is Concert Master of the Maryland Lyric Opera Orchestra, the Chesapeake Festival Orchestra, and served as Concert Master for Concert Artists of Baltimore’s during the ensemble’s 31 seasons. His recordings with orchestra include the Menotti Violin Concerto with Concert Artists of Baltimore (Sonora Label), Italian Violin Concerti by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Ottorino Respighi, and the premiere of Cueto’s violin and string orchestra arrangement of La rosa y el sauce (The Rose and the Willow Tree) by Carlos Guastavino with the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra of Russia (Marquis label). A graduate of The Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University, Cueto is Professor of Violin at Catholic University of America and St. Mary’s College of MD.