Diego Naser is regarded as one of the most outstanding and prolific Latin American conductors of his generation. He is currently Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Boca del Río and Veracruz Philharmonic Orchestra in Veracruz, Mexico, as well as Professor of Orchestral Conducting at the Escuela Superior de Música de Cataluña (ESMUC) in Barcelona. Previously, he was principal conductor and artistic director of the National Symphony Orchestra of Uruguay (OSSODRE), where he led historic concert seasons and collaborated with great artists such as Pinchas Zukerman, Amanda Forsyth, Gustavo Núñez, Francesca Dego and Michael Barenboim.
Naser has conducted orchestras such as the Brasov Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Youth Philharmonic, the Berlin Sinfonietta, the Buenos Aires Philharmonic, the Mexico City Philharmonic, the Xalapa Symphony Orchestra, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the Graz Chamber Orchestra, the Montevideo Philharmonic, the Murcia Symphony Orchestra, the Wörthersee Choir, the Lisbon Philharmonic, the SFK Symphony Orchestra Klagenfurt, the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, the Jalisco Philharmonic, the Gran Conjunt d’Esmuc, the Bogotá Philharmonic, the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, the JJ Landaeta Symphony Orchestra, the National Orchestra and National Choir of Peru, the Camerata de Castilla-La Mancha, and the symphony orchestras of Porto Alegre, Bahia and Paraná, to name but a few.
As a violinist, he was a member of the renowned West-Eastern Divan Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Daniel Barenboim and is regarded as a highly respected teacher of violin and viola. He has collaborated with institutions such as Esmuc Barcelona, the University of La Rioja and the Logroño Conservatoire (Spain), the Teatro Colón Orchestra Academy (Argentina), the Bellas Artes de Oaxaca (Mexico) and the Venezuelan System of Youth and Children’s Orchestras.
He has conducted ballets, operas and symphonic concerts, including ‘Quijote del Plata’, ‘Carmina Burana’, ‘La Sylphide’, ‘Madame Butterfly’ and ‘Telemaco on the Island of Calypso’.
In 2020, he was appointed guest conductor of the Orquesta de las Américas, whilst in 2021 he served as a jury member at the Hans von Bülow International Conducting Competition in Genoa and collaborated with artists such as Tomatito. His most recent collaborations include performances with the Murcia Regional Symphony Orchestra and the Brașov Philharmonic in Romania, as well as his role as a lecturer and conductor of the ESMUC Symphony Orchestra since 2023.
His schedule for 2025 features exciting collaborations with orchestras from Mexico, Venezuela, Spain, Brazil and Argentina, thereby consolidating his presence on the most prestigious stages in Latin America and Europe.
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