The LSU College of Music and Dramatic Arts is very proud to announce that Maestro Carlos Riazuelo, music director of the LSU Symphony and conducting professor, has been engaged to fill in for Maestro Carlos Miguel Prieto--music director of the Louisiana Philharmonic.
Ticket information: http://www.lpomusic.com/?q=node/482
The Louisiana Philharmonic is one of the few major symphony's (completely staffed by full-time players), in the United States.
The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, founded in 1991 by musicians from the former New Orleans Symphony, is the only musician-owned and collaboratively managed professional symphony in the United States. The members of the LPO are dedicated to creating live symphonic music and maintaining a resident full-time orchestra that serves as an integral part of the cultural and educational life of New Orleans and the Gulf South region. The LPO, led by Music Director, Carlos Miguel Prieto, performs a full 36 week concert season featuring an array of Classics, Casual Classics, Spotlight, Family, Education, and Outreach concerts. The members of the LPO are honored to be home-based in New Orleans and serving the Gulf South region.
from http://www.lpomusic.com/?q=Orchestra
A press quote about Maestro Riazuelo:
“... Has the ability to make you sit and listen because he has an exceptional ear for color and orchestral balances and some personal ideas on how the music should sound... Consequently, Mr. Riazuelo made both the hall and the music sound live and exciting.”
John Ardoin, The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX
