Luis Biava returns to conduct the 2006-2007 season of the Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra.
Some conducting gigs of recent seasons:
July, 2005 -- Overture to Verdi's La Forza del Destino at the Eastman School of Music.
August, 2005 -- Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music conducting workshop in Santa Cruz, CA, with Marin Alsop, Music Director of the Festival and of the Baltimore Symphony, and Gustav Meier, well known conducting pedagogue associated with the University of Michigan, the Tanglewood Festival, and the Peabody School.
September, 2006 -- Tour of three cities in Colombia: Barichara, Ocaña, and Bucaramanga. The Bucaramanga International Piano Festival final concert, with Mr. Biava conducting the Orquesta Sinfónica de Colombia, featured last year's Bucaramanga Piano Competition winner Mauricio Arias, in a program of:
| Verdi | Overture to 'I Vespri Siciliani' |
| Chopin | Piano Concerto #2 |
| Ponchielli | Dance of the Hours (of "Fantasia" fame) |
| Tschaikovsky | Romeo and Juliet Suite |
| Dvorak | New World Symphony |
