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RÉGULO STABILITO

Stabilito grew up musically in the world-renowned project “El Sistema” in Venezuela and began his career as a conductor at the age of twenty, working directly with Maestro Jose Antonio Abreu and holding the responsibility of conducting principal orchestras in Venezuela.

 Stabilito is the Music Director and conductor of ORCMA (Oak Ridge Civic Music Association) a musical non-profit organization based on the “Secret City”, umbrella of the Oak Ridge Symphony, Oak Ridge Chorus, and the Oak Ridge Chamber Music Series. In parallel (Upcoming engagements with the National Philharmonic and Knoxville Symphony.)

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His commitment to Latin American music led him to co-found the Latin-American Music Initiative (LAMI), an organization with the mission of “changing the anonymity of Latin American composers and the invisibility of their works” by creating critical editions and promoting those works through performances, recordings, and workshops. LAMI was awarded the 2020 EXCEL Prize at the University of Michigan.

 

In the United States, he has served as conductor of the Ann Arbor Camerata, Spectrum Symphony Orchestra, and the University of Michigan: Campus Symphony Orchestra and Campus Philharmonia Orchestra.

In his academic career, Stabilito shares his professional commitments with his teaching activities as an Artist in Residency and Professor of Conducting at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee. during the academic year 2021-2022, he served as Visiting Director of Orchestral Activities and Professor of Conducting at Appalachian State University, North Carolina.

 

During his career, Stabilito accompanied renowned international soloists and frequently appeared as a guest conductor. In 2015, he debuted as an Opera Conductor with the Primo Casale Opera Company and the Caracas Municipal Symphony Orchestra. He received exceptional reviews and accolades, which resulted in continuous return invitations for the following seasons. Simultaneously, he conducted several ballet productions with the Teresa Carreño Ballet Company, developing a particular interest in conducting music for dance. Stabilito is a permanent guest conductor in the Festival Latinoamericano de Música (Latin American Music Festival) in Caracas, where he conducted a great number of world premieres and second hearings of Latin American works. 

 

Stabilito has developed his career throughout Latin America as a guest conductor in several countries, such as Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Portugal while maintaining a very close relationship with principal orchestras in Venezuela, such as the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra, and the Caracas Municipal Symphony Orchestra. As an educator, Stabilito has laboriously spearheaded “El Sistema” inspired teaching programs and conducted youth orchestras in his country and abroad. As a result of this experience, Stabilito has a special interest in the social aspect of music education especially in the younger players.

 

Régulo Stabilito holds degrees from the University of Michigan (DMA’21) (MM’19), Simón Bolívar University (MM’19), and Santa Maria University (Law’11) Among his conducting teachers and mentors are Kenneth Kiesler, Alfredo Rugeles, Rodolfo Saglimbeni, Carlos Riazuelo, Manuel Hernandez-Silva.