ABOUT
German-Brazilian conductor Luiz de Godoy is among the most internationally active Black classical musicians of his generation. Equally committed to conducting and music education, he teaches orchestral conducting and transcultural music pedagogy at the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre.
His repertoire spans opera, oratorio, symphonic and choral music. In 2019, he made his debut in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein, conducting Stravinsky’s The Firebird with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. His subsequent engagements have included conducting world-premiere productions at the Hamburg State Opera and choral-symphonic concerts with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra. Later in 2026, he will make his debut with the Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle, conducting Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, followed by his debut with the Gürzenich Orchestra at the Cologne Philharmonie in 2027.
Since 2021, he has served as Artistic Director of the Hamburg Boys’ Choir, leading its transformation into an inclusive choral academy for boys and girls, combining artistic excellence with social accessibility. As a chorus director, he has collaborated with leading orchestras and conductors, appearing at Carnegie Hall with Kent Nagano, with the Vienna Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta, Franz Welser-Möst and Gustavo Dudamel, and with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle.
Luiz de Godoy zählt zu den international profiliertesten brasilianischen Dirigenten seiner Generation. Neben seiner künstlerischen Tätigkeit lehrt er Orchesterleitung und transkulturelle Musikpädagogik an der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.
Sein breites Repertoire umfasst Oper, Oratorium, Sinfonik und Chormusik. 2019 debütierte er im Goldenen Saal des Wiener Musikvereins mit Strawinskys Der Feuervogel und dem ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien. Es folgten unter anderem Uraufführungsproduktionen an der Hamburgischen Staatsoper sowie chorsinfonische Konzerte mit dem NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester und dem Philharmonischen Staatsorchester Hamburg. Noch 2026 gibt er mit Beethovens Neunter Sinfonie sein Debüt bei der Mecklenburgischen Staatskapelle, 2027 folgt sein Debüt mit dem Gürzenich-Orchester in der Kölner Philharmonie.
Seit 2021 ist er Künstlerischer Leiter des Hamburger Knabenchores und gestaltet dessen Weiterentwicklung zu einer inklusiven Chorschule für, die künstlerische Exzellenz mit sozialer Zugänglichkeit verbindet. Als Chordirektor arbeitete er mit führenden Orchestern und Dirigenten zusammen, darunter in der Carnegie Hall mit Kent Nagano, mit den Wiener Philharmonikern unter Zubin Mehta, Franz Welser-Möst und Gustavo Dudamel sowie mit den Berliner Philharmonikern und dem Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks unter Sir Simon Rattle.
Luiz de Godoy é um dos maestros brasileiros de maior projeção internacional de sua geração. Radicado na Alemanha, leciona regência orquestral e pedagogia musical transcultural na Universidade de Música e Teatro de Hamburgo.
Seu repertório abrange ópera, oratório, música sinfônica e coral. Em 2019, estreou na Sala Dourada do Musikverein de Viena, regendo O Pássaro de Fogo, de Stravinsky, à frente da Orquestra Sinfônica da Rádio Austríaca (ORF). Tornou-se, assim, o primeiro maestro negro brasileiro a reger uma orquestra estatal austríaca na histórica sala, integrando um seleto grupo de brasileiros ao lado de Villa-Lobos e Eleazar de Carvalho. Desde então, regeu estreias mundiais na Ópera Estatal de Hamburgo e concertos sinfônico-corais com a Orquestra da Rádio do Norte da Alemanha e a Orquestra Filarmônica Estatal de Hamburgo. Ainda em 2026, fará sua estreia à frente da Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle, regendo a Nona Sinfonia de Beethoven. Em 2027, estreará com a Gürzenich-Orchester Köln na Philharmonie de Colônia.
Desde 2021, é diretor artístico do Hamburger Knabenchor, conduzindo sua reestruturação como escola de canto coral inclusiva, que alia excelência artística ao compromisso com a inclusão social. Como diretor de coro, colaborou com importantes orquestras e maestros internacionais, apresentando-se no Carnegie Hall com Kent Nagano, com a Filarmônica de Viena sob a regência de Zubin Mehta, Franz Welser-Möst e Gustavo Dudamel, e com a Filarmônica de Berlim e a Orquestra Sinfônica da Rádio da Baviera sob a direção de Sir Simon Rattle.
“Luiz de Godoy ranks among the most successful Brazilian musicians of his generation. (…) His credentials are impressive and his accomplishments remarkable…”
