What’s Hot?
Welcome to Maria Tamburrino’s home page and What’s Hot. Maria Tamburrino is the Principal Flutist of Symphony Silicon Valley, San Jose and Midsummer Mozart, San Francisco. She is also an adjunct faculty member at UC Berkeley and teaches in her N. Berkeley home.
Year End Formal Recital 2017
Thank You!!
Next Studio Event – April 15, 2017
Year End Formal Flute Recital
Saturday, April 15, 2017
6:30 pm
Berkeley Piano Club
Next studio event:
11/19/16 Fall Flute family workshop
Ashley Kim plays the Nielsen Flute Concerto with UC Berkeley Symphony on February 10, 2017
Review: Symphony Silicon Valley delivers memorable season opener
“…Nelson¹s program also yielded a beautiful orchestral performance of Brahms¹ Fourth. The Scherzo surged with energy, the woodwinds once again coming to the fore; with principal flutist Maria Tamburrino sounding first-rate in the finale¹s lovely flute solo, Nelson brought the performance to a glowing close.”
Marilyn Tucker
The Mercury News
October 2, 2016
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Kimberly Ku Playing the Gaubert Fantaisie
Year end recital 4/9/16
Concerto competition winners for 2016:
Yulan Chen will perform the Ibert Flute Concerto with CYS in May, 2016.
Ashley KIM will perform the Nielsen flute concerto from memory with the UC Berkeley Symphony on 4/6/16 at Hertz Hall at a Noontime concert.
Feld Sonata, mvt 1
Ganne Andante & Scherzo
Upcoming Event: Year End Flute Recital
Featuring pupils of Mrs T’s
Berkeley Piano Club
4/9/16
Miles Graber, piano
featuring works by
Widor, Burton, Hanson, Copland,
Enescu,Faure, Chaminade, Godard, Handel, and others
Plus trios and quartets
Maria Tamburrino plays Mozart’s D Major flute quartet at Old St Mary’s (6/7/11)
Debussy Violin Sonata

Maestro George Cleve
Maestro George Cleve, Maria Tamburrino’s amazing husband, passed away on August 27, 2015. His star studded career will be honored through “The George Cleve Archive Project” which includes an online survey of video, recordings, pictures, and programs plus a biography (book).
Email Maria to volunteer or contribute monetarily to this amazing project!
Alumna Cleo Leung plays Claude Debussy L’apres midi d’une faun
Seniors 2015: Clara Park, Lillian Wang, Mrs T, Jennifer Jo, and Jennifer Kim with Miles Graber, pianist
STAR ALUMNA Frieda Chan
Frieda speaks about her former teacher Mrs T: “Maria is an amazing pedagogue and an excellent mentor. Her tutelage, guidance, and nurturing has enabled me to achieve my musical dreams. Maria has instilled into me an impeccable work ethic, a thirst for knowledge, and a drive to live an excellent and full life. She is one of the most influential figures in my life. She has shaped me and guided me through every aspect of my career. I am privileged to have had her as a teacher and mentor; additionally, a life long friend.”
–Frieda Chan, San Francisco Conservatory of Music (BM), University of Michigan (MM), and Stony Brook University (DMA).
Check out Frieda’s “Chaminade Concertino” performance below.
STAR ALUMNA Cleo Leung, 29
Cleo Leung, who received her DMA in flute performance from Cincinnati Conservatory talks about her life as a flute player and her lessons with Maria Tamburrino.
Watch her pay tribute to her teacher Maria Tamburrino.
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