Juan Carlos Lomonaco

Who is Juan Carlos Lomonaco?

Maestro Juan Carlos Lomonaco is Music Director and Conductor of the Yucatan Symphony Orchestra in the historical city of Mérida, Mexico.

The repertory and versatility of Maestro Lomonaco’s conducting covers diverse areas such as opera ballet, symphonic music, chamber music, and multimedia performances.

Many pre-eminent soloists have performed under his baton, such as, tenor Juan Diego Florez, Alexei Volodin, Erika Dobosiewicz, Jorge Federico Osorio, Carlos Prieto, tenor Fernando de la Mora, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, and the French multimedia group Art Zoyd, among others.

He has participated in diverse international forums and festivals, such as the Festival Lírico Internacional de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain; the Contemporary Music Festival of Treviso, Italy; International Forum of New Music Manuel Enríquez, Mexico City International Festival, just to name a few. As well, he has been juror in different violin competitions in Hungary, France and Turkey: "The Canetti International Violin Competition"

Maestro Lomonaco graduated from The Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied orchestra conducting with Otto-Werner Muller. He also studied with Charles Bruck at The Pierre Monteux School, Enrique Diemecke and Marc David.