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RÉGULO 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.

In December 2022, Stabilito was appointed as Music Director & 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.

 His commitment to Latin American music led him and his wife to create 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 at the University of Michigan: Campus Symphony Orchestra and Campus Philharmonia Orchestra.

 

In his academic career, Stabilito served as Visiting Director of Orchestral Activities and Professor of Conducting at Appalachian State University during de academic year 2021-2022. Currently, he serves as Assistant Professor of Conducting & Director of Orchestra at Lee University. 

 

During his career, Stabilito accompanied renowned international soloists and made frequent appearances as a conductor. In 2015, he debuted as Opera Conductor with the Primo Casale Opera Company and the Caracas Municipal Symphony Orchestra, receiving 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. 

 In 2006, Stabilito debuted as a guest conductor in Argentina maintaining his relationship with Argentinian orchestras as a guest conductor.  He has continued developing his career throughout Latin America as a guest conductor in several countries as Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico 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 Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Portugal, and the United States. As a result of this experience, Stabilito has a special interest in the social aspect of 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.