Isaac Chueke

Who is Isaac Chueke?

Of a multicultural heritage, conductor Isaac Chueke perfected his studies of piano, composition and conducting in Europe and the US. Among his principal teachers Karl Österreicher in Vienna and Maurice Peress in New York, he also followed the masterclasses of Sergiu Celibidache and Georg Solti, attended rehearsals of the Vienna Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Claudio Abbado, and served as a member of the New York Philharmonic Conductors Program. At the Sorbonne in Paris he obtained his degree of Doctor in Music with high honors.

In 1983 he won first prize in the Young Soloists Conducting Competition in Rio de Janeiro and in 1987 was selected to the Concours international de jeunes chefs d’orchestre de Besançon.

Music directorships include his servings as Chief Conductor of the Rio de Janeiro State Theater Chamber Orchestra, Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the New York International Orchestra, Music Director of Miami's Alhambra Orchestra, unanimously chosen by its musicians and board. He is also known from his tenure as Music Director and Chief Conductor of Rio's Mozart Orchestra, an ensemble gathering selected members of the orchestras Sinfônica Brasileira and Sinfônica do Teatro Municipal for regular concert series at Sala Cecilia Meireles.