Roberto Minczuk is Music Director of the New Mexico Philharmonic and Principal Conductor of the São Paulo Opera. Under his direction, the NMPhil has earned a 97.1% rating for artistic excellence by audiences and sees substantial growth in the number of subscribers and donations. The NMPhil has since successfully filled over 25 vacancies in the orchestra with international class musicians. 

Minczuk has conducted over 100 orchestras worldwide, including the New York, Los Angeles, Israel and London Philharmonic Orchestras; the London and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras; and the National Radio France, Philadelphia, and Cleveland Orchestras, among many others.

A protégé and close colleague of the late Kurt Masur, Minczuk debuted with the New York Philharmonic in 1998, and by 2002 was Associate Conductor, having worked closely with both Kurt Masur and Lorin Maazel. Some of his previous posts includes Music Director and Artistic Director of the Opera and Orchestra of the Theatro Municipal Rio de Janeiro; Principal Guest Conductor of the São Paulo State Symphony, where he previously held the position of Co-Artistic Director and Music Director; and Principal Conductor of the Calgary Philharmonic.

Roberto Minczuk has won awards such as a Latin Grammy and Emmy, and has recorded CDs with the São Paulo Symphony, São Paulo Opera, London Philharmonic, Calgary Philharmonic, Odense Symphony, and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. 

A former horn player, Roberto Minczuk studied at The Juilliard School. After his graduation in 1987, he became a member of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra at the invitation of Kurt Masur.