Conductor
The current Principal Conductor of the orchestra and founding conductor is Carlos Alvarado. Having won a full scholarship from the Colombian Institute of Credit to study in Russia, Carlos obtained his Doctorate of Opera and Symphonic Conducting at the Tchaikovsky Conservatorium of Music of Moscow where he studied under Gennady Rozhdestvensky. He also undertook higher studies in choral conducting, piano theory and voice technique, and was awarded a Master of Fine Arts degree in choir conducting from the same Conservatorium. In 1990-92, he was invited by Professor Hellmuth Rilling and the International Bach Academy of Stuttgart to take part as an Active Conductor in various courses and festivals with the Bach Collegium Orchestra and the Gachinnger Kantoire Choir in Stuttgart (Germany), Moscow and Santiago de Compostela (Spain). He subsequently toured as conductor in Russia, Spain, Italy, Brazil and Colombia and made recordings for National Radio and TV. He conducted the Colombian Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphonic Band and the Symphonic Orchestra del Valle. Carlos has been Professor of Symphonic and Choir Conducting at many Universities and Conservatoria in Colombia. Carlos moved to Australia in 2003 where he is the Principal Conductor of the Wollongong Symphony Orchestra. Carlos continues to promote and support other musical groups, choirs and orchestras. He has been musical director of the Manly Warringah Choir since 2003 .
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