Bio : Artists

Luciano Carneiro : Double Bass

Luciano Carneiro received his D.M.A. from the University of Iowa, M.M. from Yale University and his B.M. from the New England Conservatory of Music. He also attended the Franz Liszt Academy at Budapest and Universidade do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. His major teachers have been Diana Gannett, Gary Karr, Zoltan Tibay, Bela Wurtzler, and William Rhein. Dr. Carneiro has been principal bass of the Orquestra Estadual do Estado de São Paulo and Orquestra Sinfônica do Rio Grande do Norte and a member in the double bass sections of the Virginia Symphony and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. He has appeared as soloist with many major orchestras in South America and in numerous performances in Brazil and the United States. He is the recipient of the 1996-97 Henry and Parker Pelzer Award for strings. Dr. Carneiro has been on the Universidade Federal da Paraiba (Brazil) since 1992 and EMF faculty since 1989.