Gonzalo Farias
The Virginia Symphony Orchestra has announced the hiring of Gonzalo Farias as assistant conductor, effective from June of this year. Farias, a native of Chile, a graduate of the Universities of Chile and Illinois and the New England Conservatory is currently a post-graduate student of Marin Alsop at the Peabody Conservatory. He is a former First Prize winner at the Claudio Arrau International Piano Competition – and currently serves a fellowship conducting position with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
