He was the youngest violist ever appointed to lead the viola section of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Until he retired in 2005, Primavera had served as the longest-tenured active conductor in the world as Maestro and Music Director of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra.
[2] At the New School of Music, he studied violin with Frank Costanzo, viola with Max Aronoff, orchestration and conducting with W.F.
In 1949, having completed his military service to his country, he was invited to join the Baltimore Symphony.
From 1976 until his retirement in 2005, Primavera was conductor and professor of orchestration, chamber music, and musicianship at the University of the Arts.