of a multicultural heritage conductor isaac chueke perfected his studies of piano composition and conducting in europe and the us among his principal teachers karl sterreicher in vienna and maurice peress in new york he also followed the masterclasses of sergiu celibidache and georg solti attended rehearsals of the vienna philharmonic under herbert von karajan leonard bernstein claudio abbado and served as a member of the new york philharmonic conductors program at the sorbonne in paris he obtained his degree of doctor in music with high honorsin 1983 he won first prize in the young soloists conducting competition in rio de janeiro and in 1987 was selected to the concours international de jeunes chefs dorchestre de besanonmusic directorships include his servings as chief conductor of the rio de janeiro state theater chamber orchestra chief conductor and artistic director of the new york international orchestra music director of miamis alhambra orchestra unanimously chosen by its musicians and board he is also known from his tenure as music director and chief conductor of rios mozart orchestra an ensemble gathering selected members of the orchestras sinfnica brasileira and sinfnica do teatro municipal for regular concert series at sala cecilia meirelesengagements leading him to europe germany austria france italy as well as to north and south america new york connecticut florida cleveland rio de janeiro curitiba he has appeared at the helm of among others the florida philharmonic orchestra orchestre de besanon cleveland institute of music symphony florida international symphony new yorks nota bene contemporary ensemble ars flores symphony orchestra major orchestras in brazil in venues such as lefrak concert hall donnell auditorium kulas hall broward center for the performing arts lincoln theatre in miami beach sala cecilia meireles in rio de janeiro teatro guara in curitiba teatro nacional in brasliaalso a devoted interpreter of opera he served as assistant conductor at the salzburg festival and at teatro san carlo di napoli from 19992001 he was resident conductor at florida grand opera fgo where he continued developing his knowledge of the lyrical repertoire the occasion also to partner with artists such as deborah voigt renata scotto emily magee irina mishura bliss hebert in new productions of tosca otello carmen during his tenure in south florida he also devised and produced educational programs that have been considered among the best in the countryhe is equally recognized as the creator and artistic director of several international projects multidisciplinary in nature coupling music to dance art exhibitsliterature film theatre gastronomy conferences and workshops those include in the uscarmen 2000 a czech festival art music brsil musical in paris mozart festival encontros com amadeus in brazil in 2001 he was a special guest of frances ministry of culture to consult and share his expertise at the festivals of aixenprovence and radio france montpellierthe recipient of several prizes and honors in 2002 he was chosen music director of the first concert in north america celebrating european unions anniversary an event counting with the presence of several foreign dignitaries he is artistinresidence at the brahmshaus in badenbaden germany and for his artistic work was specially distinguished in 2001 by czech president vclav havel as well as awarded the title of chevalier de lordre des arts et des lettres by the french government