Roberto Minczuk

Born in São Paulo, Roberto Minczuk began as a French horn player and received the Prêmio Eldorado de Música in 1985. He studied at the Juilliard School in New York and played in the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra before turning to conducting.

Back in Brazil, he studied with Eleazar de Carvalho and worked with orchestras in Brasília and Ribeirão Preto. He was assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic and led, among others, the Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira and Osesp.