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Michael Jinbo
Music Director
Michael Jinbo is in his tenth season as Music Director of The
Pierre Monteux School. He previously served as Associate
Music Director and has enjoyed an affiliation with the school
since 1983. He is the third music
director in the school's history, following his mentor Charles Bruck and the school's founder Pierre Monteux. Jinbo is also the
Music Director of the Nittany Valley Symphony, and for four
seasons served as Assistant Conductor of the North Carolina
Symphony. During his tenure with the North Carolina Symphony, he
performed some 60-75 concerts each season, including classical,
ballet, pops and educational programs. Michael Jinbo has
appeared as guest conductor in the United States, Canada,
Mexico, Switzerland and Germany, and has performed with a wide
range of artists, including pianist Garrick Ohlsson, violinist
Kyoko Takezawa, prima ballerina assoluta Galina Mezentseva and
the St. Petersburg Ballet of Russia, and the late Cab Calloway.
 Jinbo received a B.A. in Music from The University of Chicago
and an M.M. in Conducting from Northwestern University School of
Music. In addition to his training at The Monteux School, he
received further conducting training at the Herbert Blomstedt
Institute, the Scotia Festival of Music, and at workshops of the
American Symphony Orchestra League and the Conductors Guild. He
has twice been appointed to serve on the instrumental music
panel of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Michael Jinbo is
also a violinist, and has appeared as soloist with the Honolulu
Symphony Orchestra, among others. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, he
currently resides in New York City.
Michael Jinbo is a wonderful, gifted teacher... his
passion is palpable
... the individual who best links the greatness of the
School's past to its future
... destined to be a great teacher in the spirit and
tradition of Monteux and Bruck
I have never had a teacher who has been able to reach me as
profoundly...
... a man of great musical integrity, a spiritually and
intellectually stimulating conductor, and a truly inspiring teacher
I have had many teachers in my life... he is the first I
could call a mentor
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