Carlos Miguel Prieto: The Man with the Baton

Meet Carlos Miguel Prieto, one of the most versatile artistic directors of some symphony orchestras around the world.

With a remarkable career that started at a young age, Mexicanusic director Carlos Miguel Prieto is considered one of the most all-round conductors and artistic directors in the world these days.

He's music director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería, since 2006. He is also music director of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra. He has also perfomed with diverse orchestras in the US, like Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Indianapolis, and Florida, among others. He has also conducted orchestras in Germany, France, Italy, Russia, Spain, Corea, and every country in Latin America. In 1998 he won the Mozart Medal for his career in music.

His role as artistic director in the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería (the symphony orchestra of the Palace of Mining, which is the orchestra from Mexico's UNAM) is of great importance since he decides the themes to perform in each season, arranging the ensemble, conducting the performances, rehearsals and concerts, and managing the orchestra.

If you want to learn more about his work as director and conductor, make sure to watch the concerts of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería, broadcasted to you by TV UNAM.

Text by Andrea Flores Sánchez

Original title Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería – Programa 9
Original series title Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería
Genre Clasical Music
Recording date 2022
Production Company TV UNAM
Producer Diana León Montero
TV Director Iván Trujillo Bolio