Claudio Ribeiro

Cláudio Ribeiro (Porto Alegre, 1958) is a Brazilian conductor.

Career

Cláudio Ribeiro first received a BM in Music in (1982) from the Rio Grande do Sul Federal University. Following this degree he pursued further development of his conducting and musicianship in Europe, first studying at the Hilversum International Courses for Conductor [1] (the Netherlands) and then studying with Gennady Rozhdestvensky at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena (Italy). He also holds a Diploma in Opera from the Accademia Lirica di Osimo [2] (Italy) and a Master Degree in Music from the University of Denver's Lamont School of Music.

He was a winner in the second National Competition for Young Conductors (1983), (Brazil). He started his international conducting career in 1984 covering both symphonic and opera repertoire. In 1993 he became Music Director of the Orquestra de Câmera de Blumenau (Brazil) which would last until 2000, including a tour to Germany. During this time he also held the position of Music Director for the Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1995–1998),.[3][4] In the United States he was a Guest Conductor of the University of Denver's Lamont Symphony Orchestra (2006), Special Guest Conductor of the Denver Philharmonic, (2006/07) season, Adjunct Conductor of the Denver Young Artists Orchestra (2006) .

About another distinguished orchestras that Cláudio Ribeiro has conducted over the world are: the Orquestra Sinfônica do Paraná (Brazil) and Orquestra Sinfônica de Minas Gerais (Brazil) (1997, 2000, 2002); Rousse Philharmonic Orchestra(Bulgary) (1988); Deutsche Kammerakademie (Germany) (2007); Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa (1997); Orquesta del SODRE (Uruguay) (2003, 2004, 2006); Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional (México D.F.) (1998); Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino (Italy) (1997); Elkart Symphony Orchestra (USA) and Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra (2006) (USA).

Current

Since 1984 Cláudio has worked as a lecturer at the Rio Grande do Sul Federal University (Brazil). In 1999 he pioneered a project intended for young musicians named International Music Assemblage, with a goal to achieve worldwide peace through music. He is currently guest conducting, and president of Instituto Musica, a non-governmental Brazilian institution dedicated to promoting music and culture.

Claudio Ribeiro is also a composer, and his works have been published by Goldberg Editions. He also participates in juries of international competitions such as the Guitar Competition of Alessandria (Italy -1998).

Claudio Ribeiro has been featured in several exclusive recitals for broadcast:

Collaborations

Claudio has had the privilege of working with many highly acclaimed artists including: Raina Kabaiwanska (Italy, 1988) Katia Ricciarelli (Italy, 1988) Renato Bruson (Italy, 1988) Lucio Gallo (Italy, 1988) Mischa Maisky (Brazil, 1996) Ingrid Haebler (Brazil, 1996) Hagai Shaham (Brazil, 1997) Nelson Freire (Brazil, 1995) Montserrat Caballe (Brazil, 1998) Kiri Te Kanawa (Brazil, 2007) and many others.

Discography

Cláudio's musical directions can be heard on these recordings:

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Hilversum International Courses for Conductor
  2. ↑ Accademia di Osimo
  3. ↑ Folder of Kiri Te Kanawa
  4. ↑ OSPA, Histórico, Diretores Artísticos
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