Eleazar de Carvalho

Eleazar de Carvalho studied at Washington State University. The recorded working language is Portuguese. The field of work recorded is music. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with Yale University, Juilliard School and Hofstra University. Distinctions recorded are Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil).

• Name — Eleazar de Carvalho • Born — 28 June 1912 • Birthplace — Iguatu, Ceará, Brazil • Died — 12 September 1996 • Place of death — São Paulo, Brazil • Occupation — * Conductor • pedagogue

De Carvalho's parents were Manuel Afonso de Carvalho and Dalila Mendonça. He studied in the United States with Serge Koussevitzky at the Berkshire Music Center, and later became a conducting assistant to Koussevitzky, at the same time as Leonard Bernstein. He received a Ph.D. in music from Washington State University in 1963. In Brazil, de Carvalho held principal conducting positions with the Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira of Rio de Janeiro, Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, Orquestra Sinfônica do Recife, Orquestra Sinfônica da Paraiba and also with the Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre. In the United States, his major post was as music director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO), from 1963 to 1968. During his St. Louis tenure, he was noted as a champion of contemporary music. He also conducted the first SLSO performances of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, Ludwig van Beethoven's Missa solemnis, and the Grande messe des morts of Hector Berlioz. De Carvalho taught at Hofstra University and the Juilliard School of Music. In 1987, he joined the music faculty of Yale University as a professor and as conductor-in-residence. He became emeritus at Yale in 1994. De Carvalho was a teacher to such conductors as Claudio Abbado, Charles Dutoit, Zubin Mehta, Gustav Meier, Seiji Ozawa, José Serebrier, and David Zinman. De Carvalho was married to Jocy de Oliveira, and had a son, Eleazar de Carvalho Filho, now an economist. Later, he remarried, to Sonia Muniz de Carvalho. They had a son, Sergei and a daughter, Claudia.

Eleazar de Carvalho worked in music. He was employed by Yale University, Juilliard School, Hofstra University and St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. He belonged to Academia Brasileira de Música.

Eleazar de Carvalho is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded with the occupation music educator. Classed in the genre classical music. Recorded as conductor, composer, music educator and university teacher.