BIOGRAPHY

Argentine conductor and pianist Fausto Homero Lemos is an exciting new voice in Latin America’s new generation of conductors. In 2026, he won First Prize at Argentina’s 5th National Competition for Young Conductors. He is currently pursuing a Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting at Penn State University, where he studies with Gerardo Edelstein.

Born in Córdoba, Argentina, on February 13, 2002, he began formal violin and piano studies at the age of seven at the Conservatorio Superior de Música Félix T. Garzón. His early performances included appearances at the Teatro del Libertador San Martín, the Auditorio Presidente Perón, and the Córdoba provincial legislature. As a teenager, he continued studying violin with Fernando Piñero and piano with Fabricio Rovasio.

At eighteen, he moved to Buenos Aires to continue his piano studies with Bruno Gelber, recognized by french magazine Diapason as one of the 100 greatest pianists of the twentieth century. Alongside these studies, he pursued a degree in Orchestral Conducting at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, where his teachers included Bernardo Teruggi, Guillermo Hemingsen, and Eduviges Picone.

In 2023, he won an audition to join the National Youth Symphony as its pianist. That year, he also began private conducting studies with Mario Benzecry, former Assistant Conductor of the New York Philharmonic, where he worked with Leonard Bernstein and Pierre Boulez.

In 2024, Lemos became Assistant Conductor of the National Youth Symphony under Music Director Mario Benzecry. He conducted the orchestra regularly in some of Buenos Aires’s leading concert halls, working on technically and musically demanding repertoire. During this period, he also served as assistant to Juan Miceli with the Orquesta Académica del Teatro Colón.

In 2025, he was selected by the Panula Academy from an international pool of young conductors to study with the legendary Finnish conductor and teacher Jorma Panula in Helsinki. His participation was supported by the Argentine Embassy in Finland. His training in Argentina has also included studies with leading conductors Guillermo Scarabino, Emmanuel Siffert, and Carlos Vieu.

In 2026, he moved to the United States to pursue a Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting at Penn State University under the guidance of Gerardo Edelstein.

Beyond his performing career, Lemos is committed to expanding access to conducting education. He founded the Red Argentina de Jóvenes Directores, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting orchestral conducting and providing practical and financial support to young conductors throughout Argentina. Its initiatives include training scholarships for students outside the capital and public masterclasses that attract large audiences in Buenos Aires.

In partnership with Fundación Beethoven, he established the acclaimed Ciclo de Masterclasses Abiertas, a free public masterclass series that has given hundreds of students and music enthusiasts the opportunity to learn from some of Argentina’s most distinguished conductors.

Alongside his performing career and work in arts education, Fausto Lemos maintains a strong presence on social media, in classical music publications, and on radio. Through these platforms, he reaches audiences beyond the concert hall and has become a prominent public voice among the new generation of orchestral conductors.