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Life is peaceful right now. (Also, I've reached one month of wearing contacts for the first time! ☺️) Wishing you and your loved ones a peaceful day 💜

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I performed solo violin with viral artists Harry Mack (rapper, 2.7M on IG) and Guitaro 5000 (guitarist & singer, 200K on IG) recently for a livestream. Together, we created songs on the spot for hours, inspired by stories from the crowd surrounding us in Washington Square Park. Some people are really skeptical of Internet stars, but I have a *ton* of respect for these guys because of how they've connected with their audiences - with their craft and a genuine desire to inspire, delight, and encourage everyday people. ⭐️ Here's to unconventional art, created by artists who decidedly live outside the box. 🎻

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Sometimes you're feeling glum ☔️ & God sends a reminder why He gave you those talents - at the perfect time, in the perfect way. 🙏🏼

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It's a good day ☀️🎬🎉 – at CBS Studios

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I performed violin & sang this weekend at a beautiful retreat house in Rhinebeck, NY 🎻🎤 Feeling grateful for friends, new and old. What a beautiful name it is, indeed 🙏🏼

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TONIGHT I'm performing original songs at 7PM for The Why Collective at Five Flies Coffee (554 W. 158th St, NYC). 🎻🎤 Ticket link HERE. I also have 2 comp tickets - email me by 2:30PM (leftmost icon on the bottom of my linktree) and I'll connect you. See you there! 💜

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From The Why Collective: As violinist-singer-songwriter @adriannamateo croons, “there is some time before Summer’s done”... 🎻🎶 

Join us for miniMIXT, our new secret salon series starting 9/29. Location revealed upon ticket purchase (here's the website) 😉 Featured artist, Adrianna, will sing a set of original songs. Come celebrate the end of Summer and the beginning of something beautiful. 🍂 • • • Designed for intimacy, intention, and imagination, miniMIXT (aka Mmmm mmmmm) pays homage to the hush-hush cabaret culture of the 20th century, and other underground artist resistance movements of the past. You never know what you’ll find behind the curtain.

If you can’t make it and would still like to support, you can make a fully tax-deductible donation here, which goes directly to our Fall fundraising campaign - TWC was just granted a 501(c)3 status! 🎉

🎥: @abscess_industries

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It's tonight! It's free! And there's FOOD! 🤯🧁

I'm excited to perform a violin concerto written for me by composer Mitchell McCarthy with Contemporaneous (full orchestra), the stellar NY Times-lauded new music ensemble. Mitch's and my collaboration will be featured as one of several pieces on Contemporaneous's innovative, free Open Mic night readings. I'll also present an original song. See you there!

"More by More" by Mitchell McCarthy written for solo violinist Adrianna Mateo Contemporaneous: Open Mic Tuesday, March 4, 2025 • 7PM, doors open 6PM FREE • Food & drink provided Roulette: 509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217

The livestream unfortunately will not be available - come out for the live show in 2.5 hours! Recorded clips will be available in the next few weeks.

Rehearsing Mitchell McCarthy's Violin Concerto "More by More" with Contemporaneous this morning.

For more upcoming performances, check out the above link. Now - time to get ready for tonight! 🎻

Yours, Adrianna

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I'm performing a violin concerto written for me by composer Mitchell McCarthy with Contemporaneous, the stellar NY Times-lauded new music ensemble. In a brand new orchestration specific to the ensemble, and with a cadenza written by me, Mitch's and my collaboration will be featured as one of several pieces on Contemporaneous's innovative, free admission & livestream Open Mic night. I might present an original song, too. 🎤 See you there! 🥰🎻✨

"More by More" by Mitchell McCarthy, written for solo violinist Adrianna Mateo March 4, 2025 • 7:00 pm (doors 6pm) FREE • Food & drink provided Roulette: 509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217

▶️: "From This Point Forward" by Mitchell McCarthy, performed by Adrianna Mateo and the composer

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In one month, I'm performing a violin concerto written for me by composer Mitchell McCarthy with Contemporaneous, the stellar NY Times-lauded new music ensemble. In a brand new orchestration specific to the ensemble, and with a cadenza written by me, Mitch's and my collaboration will be featured as one of several pieces on Contemporaneous's innovative, free Open Mic night. On that note, I might present an original song, too. 😉 See you there! 🎻💜✨

INFO: "More by More" by Mitchell McCarthy, written for solo violinist Adrianna Mateo Contemporaneous: Open Mic Tuesday, March 4, 2025 • 7:00 pm (doors 6pm) FREE • Food & drink provided Roulette: 509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217 Out of town? A livestream will be available free of charge at 8pm on the day of the performance.

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Happy Lunar New Year! 🎉✨🍾🥮 May this Year of the Snake be one of personal growth (see my 2023 snake photo compared to my 2020 snake photo 😂), renewal, adaptability, reflection, creativity, and flexibility. Hugs! 🥰

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Happy New Year! 🍾🎶🎉 Starting things off right with a songwriting session at the Dramatists Guild Foundation 🥰

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Just performed my last show of 2024! 🎊🥂🍾 Feeling goofy, accomplished, and a bit like I’ve been in a blender: in a single week, I sightread & ornamented Baroque music at A=415, performed solo violin rep at A=432, transposed music up a 3rd at sight (French clef 😮‍💨) - and earlier today, met with an international casting director who’s worked on films we all know and love. 😍 Thank you Jesus for doughnuts and Netflix and providing and preventing my heart from becoming bitter at 💩💩💩 people. AMEN! 🙏🏼

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Merry Christmas Eve! 🎄🙏🏼✨ Tonight I'm performing solo violin works 🎻 on two beautiful carols & mass services, interspersed with beautiful performances by singers Nicholle Bittlingmeyer (music director), Nora Mooney, and Carlos Ponce. See you there! 💜 🎻 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐄𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭. 𝐉𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐫𝐜 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡: Featuring solo violin works by J.S. Bach and Ryan Homsey 82-00 35th Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 11372 1️⃣ Carols at 5:30PM, Service at 6:00PM 2️⃣ Carols at 11:30PM, Midnight Mass Service at, erm, midnight! 🕛🥰

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Excited to be the violin chair for today's Maestra Music First Takes 🎻✨ There are a few seats left for this free event. RSVP here.

Maestra First Takes: Readings of New Works 2PM-5PM at Boulevard Carroll Rehearsal Studios 639 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019

From Maestra: 𝘔𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯, 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘶𝘱𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦: 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘙𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘟𝘶𝘯, 𝘌𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘒𝘢𝘯𝘦, 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘺𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘈𝘯𝘯 𝘒𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘯, 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘳, 𝘑𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘻, 𝘚𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘢 𝘏𝘶𝘧, 𝘈𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘧𝘦, 𝘠𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘺, 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘝𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘭, 𝘐𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘋𝘦𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘩 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘒𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘯, 𝘈𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘚𝘰, 𝘖𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘒𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘛𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘓𝘢𝘮𝘢, Adrianna Mateo, 𝘓𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘳, 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺, 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘢𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘈𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘪, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘔𝘤𝘎𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦. 🎻: Some warm memories from Carroll studios include sessions for new musical 𝐀 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧¹ (solo violin chair); for National Alliance for Musical Theatre's Winners Weekend at Signature Theatre Company's Irene Diamond Stage² (violin chair); and in Ethan Lipton's 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 show at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall³ (1st violin).

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1. With Pamela Gray, book writer (and screenwriter for "Music of the Heart" starring Meryl Streep 😍) after Sitzprobe.

2. Taking down notes ✏️ For NAMT, National Endowment for the Arts, Concord Theatricals, Disney on Broadway, and National Music Publishers' Association. Photog: Rebecca Michelson

3. Backstage at Lincoln Center, with Ethan Lipton (playwright, songwriter, headliner), Giancarlo Vulcano (arranger, conductor), and Wondersmith Entertainment founder Juliette Jones.

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Prepping for both a solo violin performance and a film shoot is fun - and often contrary. You need to eat to have enough energy reserves to practice well, and the process requires self-discipline to know when to ease up or stop pushing. On the other hand, you have to dial in your diet - for short notice things, this usually means a bunch of cutting, which is challenging with all the delicious holiday sweets ☹️ - *and* working out. For workouts to be effective, you need to challenge your muscles to failure… but you still need limber and resilient small muscles for practicing! 😳

I know it’s a privilege to tussle with these challenges, but it’s still really disheartening to deal with jealous people (especially women and BIMPOC women? who should maybe support and, ahem, *hire* fellow women?) - people who also don’t put in the same kind of work, or even act on their own creative impulses. My audacity to share my talent, and perhaps the physical vehicle for that talent, deeply irritates some people. Maybe one day, they’ll stop being ridiculous and exclusionary, and - while we’re dreaming big, lol - they’ll just respect the work and blessing required to manifest a big life vision. • There is room for our individual cycles of success to exist simultaneously.

• Jealousy is mismanaged exposure. If you feel jealous of someone, update it to inspiration - and put the work in.

• Recommend and hire women. Recommend and hire BIMPOC women! Even if you’re a little jealous of them! A little bit of healthy competition in the room makes better art, and perhaps new friends as well. 💜 ________ 📷: Adrian Buckmaster Photographer

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Just wanted to say I'm generally not as present here as on other platforms - I've been having trouble uploading videos and photos to this site! Bit of a bummer. I'm on Instagram as @adriannamateo (as well as most other social media). I'll periodically update on here but it'll be closer to a haphazard highlights reel than a complete picture of current activities. Hope your holidays are going well! 💜