Silvio Barbato, 50, Italian-born Brazilian conductor and composer, plane crash.

Eleazar de Carvalho, the Brazilian conductor and professor of music at the Yale School of Music, will be guest conductor.

Some of the most famous Brazilian conductors are Roberto Minczuk, John Neschling and Isaac Karabtchevsky.

Isaac Karabtchevsky (born December 27, 1934) in São Paulo) is a brazilian conductor of Russian Jew ancestry.

Cláudio Ribeiro (Porto Alegre, 1958) is a Brazilian conductor.

Valdir Azevedo, Brazilian conductor and performer.

Ligia Amadio is a Brazilian conductor.

The inauguration was 8 and 9 March, 1950, and was headed by two of the most important Brazilian conductors and composers.

Celso Antunes (born November 12, 1959) is a Brazilian conductor located in Germany.

"He was the best conductor Brazil ever produced," Mr. Parisot added, and taught other fine Brazilian conductors.