Horacio Gutierrez, Ben Hepner, Rachel Barton Pine, Pepe Romero, Elmar Oliveira, Heidi Grant Murphy, Justino Diaz, Ruth Laredo, Gary Graffman, Vladimr Feltsman, Anne Akiko Meyers, Barry Douglas, Marcelo Alvarez and Salvatore Licitra. Figueroa has collaborated with many of the leading artists of our time, including Itzhak Perlman, YoYo Ma, Hilary Hahn, Olga Kern, Janos Starker, James Galway, This season marks his debut with the Tucson Symphony, the Juilliard Orchestra and the Santa Fe Symphony, as well as leading the Puerto Rico Symphony in its debut tour of Spain. Similar accolades followed the debuts of the Puerto Rico Symphony, under Figueroa’s baton, at Carnegie Hall in 2003 and the Kennedy Center in 2004.Īs a Guest Conductor he has appeared with the New Jersey Symphony, The Memphis Symphony, the Phoenix Symphony, the Iceland Symphony, the Colorado Symphony, the El Salvador Symphony, The Xalapa Symphony (Mexico) as well as many performances conducting the New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center. This is one of those surprising little gems that is all the more gratifying because it substantial merit was unexpected. This is the kind of sound big-name record companies aim for and often miss. Judging from (Figueroas) versatility here, it is clear that the orchestra made a wise choice in engaging this gentleman.
The American Record Guide praises Figueroa’s first recording of works by Berlioz, Ravel and Tchaikovsky with the NMSO: The NMSO does not concede anything in terms of polish, precision and overall beauty of tone. In his fifth season as Music Director of both the New Mexico Symphony and the Puerto Rico Symphony, Guillermo Figueroa intense, passionate musicianship and elegant and precise technique, as well as his rapport with players and audiences alike, have earned him critical acclaim and international recognition, and elevated both organizations to the higher ranks of American orchestras.
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