Now in his seventh season with the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Carlos Miguel Prieto continues to widen his exposure with acclaimed performances throughout the world. In Mexico, he is Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico and Orquesta Mineria, and he continues to serve as Music Director of the Louisiana Philharmonic. Prieto has made guest appearances with numerous North American orchestras and every major orchestra in Mexico. He has also conducted orchestras throughout Europe, Russia, Israel, and Latin America, notably his Teatro Colón debut in Buenos Aires, his Netherlands Radio Orchestra debut in Utrecht, and performances with the Philharmonia of the Nations.
    Prieto's 2008-2009 season includesd several important debuts and re-engagements. His Tanglewood performance in August of 2008 with Yo-Yo Ma and the Boston Symphony received enthusiastic audience and critical acclaim. In July of 2009, he conducted members of the Chicago Symphony at the Grant Park Festival. Later in the season, he makes his debuts with the symphonies of Vancouver and Monterey Symphony, and returns to the Indianapolis Symphony, New Mexico Symphony, and Pacific Symphony.
    The 2007-2008 season included a return engagement with the Milwaukee Symphony, several concerts with the Houston Symphony and appearances with the Pacific Symphony, Colorado Symphony and Honolulu Symphony. In 2006-07 Prieto made his debut with the symphonies of Milwaukee, Omaha, New Mexico and Nashville. He also appeared with the Dayton Philharmonic, Naples Philharmonic, and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and returned to the Houston Symphony and Louisville Orchestra. In Europe, Prieto made his Budapest Symphony debut at the Franz Liszt Academy in February 2007, the first time an all-Mexican program was performed in Hungary.
    Exemplifying Prieto’s commitment to education, he has conducted the Youth Orchestra of the Americas since its inception in 2002. He has led this enthusiastic ensemble in performances at the United Nations and the Kennedy Center, and on tours throughout South America and Mexico. A champion of contemporary music, Prieto has conducted over fifty world premieres of works by Mexican and American composers, many of which were commissioned by him.
    An accomplished violinist, Prieto has been a member of the Prieto String Quartet from an early age. This family quartet, a tradition of four generations, has performed in the most important halls of Mexico, in the U.S., and throughout Europe. Prieto has participated as a violinist in the festivals of Aspen, Tanglewood, Interlochen, San Miguel Allende, Cervantino, and has played as soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico.
    Prieto holds degrees in engineering and business from Princeton and Harvard, where he was concertmaster of the orchestra. He studied conducting with Jorge Mester, Enrique Diemecke, Charles Bruck and Michael Jinbo. In January 2007, he was Mexico’s delegate to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
    Prieto makes his home in Mexico City with wife Isabel and two young daughters Ana and Cecilia.