Duilio Dobrin

Duilio Dobrin ( born September 25, 1958 in Buenos Aires ) is an American conductor and pianist of Argentine origin.

Dobrin studied at the National Conservatory of Argentina and was a student of Leonard Bernstein at Tanglewood, Sergiu Celibidache in Munich and Otto -Werner Mueller at Yale University. From Ball State University, he received the degree of Doctor of Arts and Master of Music.

At the International Conducting Competition in Tokyo in 1988, he was the only American to reach the finals, the competition in Lugano 1991, he was among the winners. He was music director of the Chamber Orchestra of Connecticut, and from 1993 to 2001 chief conductor of the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom he founded the series of events LatinPops. He also served as guest conductor of orchestras in New York, Munich, Tokyo, Lugano, Montreal and Buenos Aires.

After working as an assistant to Karl Richter at the Teatro Colón began in this house Dobrins career as a conductor of operas and oratorios. He conducted as performances of the opera Carmen, The Marriage of Figaro, The Barber of Seville, Gianni Schicchi and The Elixir of Love as on Broadway the Fiddler on the Roof and Salute to Harold Prince ( with Elaine Stritch, Theodore Bikel, Debbie Shapiro, Kevin Gray and Harold Prince himself).

In 2000 he was honored by Pope John Paul II for his services to the liturgical music. From 2002 to 2004 Dobrin taught at the University of Oklahoma and led the Symphony Orchestra.