Isaac Karabtchevsky (born December 27, 1934 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian

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ancestry. He studied music and conducting in Germany, where his teachers included

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. Karabtchevsky conducted the ''

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) from 1969 to 1996. From 1988 to 1994, he was principal conductor of the ''

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). From 1995 to 2001, he was music director of the ''

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). Since 2003, Karabtchevsky has been the artistic director of the '' Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra'' (

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). He was music director of the '' Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire'' (

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) from 2004 to 2009. Today, Karabtchevsky is the Music Director of the Petrobras Symphony, one of the leading orchestras in Brazil.

External links

Official Isaac Karabtchevsky homepage
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