Duilio Dobrin

Duilio Dobrin (born in Buenos Aires on 09/25/58) is an American conductor and pianist of Argentine origin.

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

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

After working as an assistant to Karl Richter at the Teatro Colón he began to conduct operas and oratorios. He also conducted performances of the operas Carmen, The Marriage of Figaro, The Barber of Seville, Gianni Schicchi, 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 contribution to liturgical music. In 2002 Dobrin started teaching at the University of Oklahoma and directed its symphony orchestra. In 2008 he was hired at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, teaching Comprehensive Musicianship, Latin Ensemble, Jazz Piano, and AP(Advanced Placement) Music Theory. His Latin American Ensemble has won the Downbeat award two years running in 2010 and 2009. He has three children, Joshua Dobrin, who is enrolled at Lubbock High School, Olivia Dobrin, who is enrolled at All Saints Episcopal School, and Eliezer Dobrin, who is enrolled at UNT. He is of the Jewish faith. He currently lives in Dallas, Texas.

References

• http://www.duiliodobrin.com/

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Name	Dobrin, Duilio
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Short description	American conductor and pianist of Argentine origin
Date of birth	25-09-1958
Place of birth	Buenos Aires
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