Eduardo Marturet
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Eduardo Marturet (b. Caracas, 1953) is a prominent Venezuelan conductor.
One of South America's preeminent conductors, Eduardo Marturet, now in his 33rd. concert season, has enjoyed a broad-based guest conducting career, in Europe with the Berliner Symphoniker, European Community Chamber Orchestra, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinlan-Pfalz, RAI Symphony Orchestra, Danish Radio Symphony, Royal Flemish Philarmonique, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Gelders Orkest, Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic; and making recordings with the Budapest Radio Symphony, Brabant Orkest, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra in Amsterdam and the Berliner Symphoniker, with whom he has made over 30 CDs, in the last 12 years, including the complete recording cycle of Brahms orchestral music, the complete cycle of Beethoven Concerti with Venezuelan artists and a cycle of Latin America's greatest orchestral composers.
Born in Caracas, Marturet studied in Cambridge, England where he became firmly rooted in the European tradition, obtaining a degree in Piano, Percussion, Conducting, and Composition. In 1979 he returned to Venezuela with a permanent position with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Caracas as Associate Conductor and later as Artistic Director to the Orquesta Sinfónica Venezuela until 1995. Now he maintains a close contact with the Venezuelan National Youth Orchestra movement giving advice and support in aid of poor children. With the opening of the Teresa Carreño Theatre in Caracas in 1984, Marturet became its first Music Director. After three years, of bringing challenging and original productions to the stage, he resigned from the Theatre to dedicate himself entirely to an international career, conducting in Italy, Greece, France, England, Denmark, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Belgium and the United States.
In October/November 2001 Marturet and the Berliner Symphoniker did a unique and most successful 12 concert tour through Caracas, Sao Paulo, Córdoba, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, México and Monterrey, broadcast through the whole region by DirectTV.
2003 marked his Asian debut with the Seoul Philharmonic. He also opened the Chorin Summer Festival in Berlin, and made his debut with the Buenos Aires Philharmonic in Argentina.
In January 2005, he was appointed Associate Principal Conductor to the Miami Symphony Orchestra beginning 2005-2006 season.
In August, 2006, is appointed Music Director and Conductor to the Miami Symphony Orchestra for a period of 5 years through the 2011-2012 season.
