In her interview with Correio Popular in October 2025, conductor Cinthia Alireti shared a profound and human perspective on her 13-year tenure leading the Unicamp Symphony Orchestra (OSU). Featured in a prominent two-page spread in Caderno C, the article highlights her influential role in the region's cultural context. Invited by executive president Ítalo Hamilton Barioni, and in conversation with journalists Manoel Alves Filho and Cibelle Vieira, she narrated the conflicts and nuances of leadership within the classical music world. While addressing the subtle barriers still inherent to the conducting profession and its reminiscences of a male-dominated field, Alireti emphasized her efforts to drive change, using the orchestra as a platform for social and educational transformation. Her insights underscored a career-long commitment to overcoming institutional obstacles and democratizing high culture within the Campinas community.
On August 18, 2022, the Unicamp Symphony Orchestra (OSU) celebrated four decades of musical excellence, marking exactly forty years since its founding in 1982. This milestone was commemorated in a featured article in Correio Popular, which brought together the orchestra's past and present. Pictured alongside Cinthia Alireti is the renowned composer Raul do Valle, a foundational figure who was present when Maestro Benito Juarez first established the ensemble.
The article covers the official anniversary event and a "delightfully fun" piece commissioned from Raul do Valle as the concert opener. Alireti reflects on the profound nature of these collaborations—the dialogue between composer and interpreter that traces the path from a creative ideal to its realization on stage. More importantly, she highlights the historical bridge built during this anniversary: recognizing the value originally placed in a small group of musicians in 1982, which has now doubled in size and continues to generate countless emotions for the community. It is a tribute to forty years of institutional growth and the enduring power of symphonic music.
Cinthia Alireti’s contributions to the contemporary music scene were analyzed in a specialized interview for Itamar, the musicology journal of the University of Valencia, Spain. Authored by the esteemed musicologist Carmen Cecilia Piñero Gil, the piece delves into Alireti’s professional trajectory and artistic philosophy. Moving beyond traditional press coverage, this chapter provides a scholarly look at her role as a performer who effectively bridges the gap between orchestral practice and musicological research. This collaboration highlights Alireti's standing not only as a conductor and leader but as a significant figure of study within the Spanish-speaking academic community.
In 2021, Cinthia Alireti was featured in the French magazine "Ventoux Ópera: la face cachée de la scène lyrique." The interview, conducted via telephone with journalist and writer Bruno Alberro, focused on her career path, her past projects as the Artistic Director of the Unicamp Symphony Orchestra (OSU), and the creative adaptations demanded by the pandemic context.
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Identity, Music, and Architecture: A cultural action created by Cinthia Alireti in collaboration with the IAB that redefines urban landmarks as active performance spaces. By merging classical music with historical heritage, this initiative revitalizes collective memory and preserves cultural identity, connecting the community to both classical music and its architectural history.