Background
Machado, David was born on April 16, 1938 in Cabo Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Son of Joaquim Augusto and Yolanda (Jordão) Machado.
Machado, David was born on April 16, 1938 in Cabo Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Son of Joaquim Augusto and Yolanda (Jordão) Machado.
Student composition, Seminary Music Pro Arte, São Paulo, Brazil, 1961. Masters in Conducting, State Academy Music, Freiburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1966. Diploma (honorary), Chigiana Academy, Siena, Italy, 1963.
Diploma (honorary), Chigiana Academy, Siena, Italy, 1966.
Resident conducter, Teatro Massimo, Palermo, Italy, 1966-1976;
chief conducter, Scilian Symphony Orchestra, Palermo, 1972-1978;
music director, Teatro Municipal, São Paulo, 1974-1976;
music director, Porto Alegre (Brazil) Symphony Orchestra, 1978-1982;
music director, Rio de Janeiro Youth Symphony Orchestra, 1982-1995;
music director, SODRE, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1987;
teacher conducting, State University Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1983-1995. Choir director Cantoria ARS Sacra, São Paulo, 1958-1961, Mark Church, Freiburg, 1964-1966. Conferencist U. Palermo, 1975-1978.
Teacher conducting U. Rio de Janeiro, 1982-1984.
Married Helena Rodrigues Silva, (divorced December 1984). 1 child, Claudia; married Vera Nardelli Campos. Children: Marcelo, Denise, Guilherme.