Juan Carlos Zorzi

Juan Carlos Zorzi (November 11, 1935 – August 21, 1999) was an Argentine musician, composer, and orchestra director.

[1] His teachers were Gilardo Gilardi, Alberto Ginastera, Floro Ugarte, and Juan Giaccobbe, and he was instructed in conducting by Mariano Drago.

He served as Resident Director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Bogota for two consecutive seasons and was the Provincial Director of the Rosario Symphony Orchestra from 1977 to 1990.

In 1999, Zorzi received the Konex Award for being considered one of the five best conductors in the history of Argentina.

He died at the age of 63 as a result of esophageal cancer.