JOSÉ SOARES
CONDUCTOR
Award-Winning
José Soares is the Associate Conductor of the Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra and the First Prize winner of the 19th Tokyo International Conducting Competition. His recent engagements include orchestras as the New Japan Philharmonic, Hiroshima Symphony, Nagoya Philharmonic and the MÁV Symphony Orchestra in Budapest, along with brazilian orchestras such as the Sao Paulo Symphony (OSESP), Brazilian Symphony (OSB), Paraná Symphony, Porto Alegre Symphony (OSPA), among others. In the 2025 season he will make his debut in May with the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra.
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schedule 2025
Upcoming concerts
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April 26
Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra
Works by Glazunov, Smetana, Holst & Respighi
Minas Gerais Hall, Belo Horizonte
April 30
Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra
Contemporary Music Festival, T.B.A.
Minas Gerais Hall, Belo Horizonte
May 4
Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra
Bizet Carmen & L’Arlesienne excerpts
Minas Gerais Hall, Belo Horizonte
May 10
Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra
Works by Guarnieri, Toyama, Gershwin & Dvorák | TBA, piano
Tiara Koto Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan
May 15 & 16
Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra
Works by Sibelius, Boieldieu & Dvorák | Clemence Boinot, Harp
Minas Gerais Hall, Belo Horizonte
MEDIA
Revista Concerto – Brazilian Magazine | Prêmio Concerto 2021, categoria Revelação
Revista Concerto – Brazilian Magazine | Prêmio Concerto 2021, categoria Revelação
Backtrack | José Soares makes his mark with the MÁV Symphony Orchestra in Budapest