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Stanley DeRusha is Director Musical Invitado de La Orquesta Filarmonica de Montevideo, Uruguay,Music Director and Conductor of the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra and former Resident Conductor of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra,1995-2007. American born and trained, he has conducted throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America. His credits include numerous American and World premiere performances and he has won the praise of many distinguished composers including William Schuman, Vincent Persichetti, Karel Husa, Ernst Krenek, Joseph Schwantner, Gunther Schuller, John Downey, Arturo Rodriguez, Blas Emilio Atehortua, and John Corigliano for his interpretation of their music as well as receiving critical acclaim for his interpretation of the standard repertoire. A summa cum laude graduate of the University of Wisconsin, he has studied conducting with H. Robert Reynolds, Otto Werner-Mueller and Andre Rieu, Sr., and composition with John Downey.

His most recent appearances in South America have included guest conducting El SODRE, Orquesta Nacional de Uruguay in a month long series of presentations of the ballet SWAN LAKE; La Orquesta Sinfonica de Concepcion de Chile with soloists Tatiana Samouil, violin and Dudu Carmel, oboe; La Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile (Santiago) with soloists Giora Schmidt, violin and Alvaro Parra, violin, and Emmanuel Lopez, violoncello; La Orquesta Sinfonica de UNCuyo en Mendoza, Argentina, with soloist Samira Rauss, flute; and La Orquesta Filarmonica de Montevideo, Uruguay, with soloist Edith Fischer, piano. He also had the privilege of premiering Chilean composer Alejandro Guarello’s new work, IMOBUSE.

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