[2] Her most important conducting teachers in Brazil and abroad were:[1] Eleazar de Carvalho, Henrique Gregori, Hans-Joachim Koellreutter, Ferdinand Leitner, Kurt Masur, Julius Kalmar, Dominique Rouits, Georg Tintner, Alexander Polishuk, Eugeni Yergemsky, Guillermo Scarabino, and Edward Downes.

Acclaimed for her high artistic standards, her charisma and her expressive performances, Ligia Amadio is considered by the critics as one of the finest conductors of her generation.

With a passionate and intense personality, she has been praised by huge artists of our time for her energetic, natural stage-presence and her versatile technical dexterity.

In the Netherlands, she was selected among the four best of 180 candidates from around the world to attend the 35th Kirill Kondrashin Masterclass, when she was honored to conduct the famous Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

Ligia Amadio has attended several international specialization courses of orchestral conducting, having important mentors such as Ferdinand Leitner, Kurt Masur, Sir Edward Downes and George Tintner.