Jeffrey Solares

Conductor / Leader

Jeffrey Solares is the executive director of the Manila Symphony Orchestra Foundation and is one of the most active figure in promoting classical music in the Philippines through his multiple roles as arts advocate, violinist, conductor, educator, music arranger, concert annotator and builder of orchestras. Since joining the MSO in 2008 he has helped develop a network of support for this orchestra and help it reach higher levels of artistic excellence and audience reach through its annual MSO Gala Concert Series in major concert venues in Metro Manila and the MSO Rush Hour Concerts at Ayala Museum. In 2014 he helped establish the MSO Music Academy and started its youth orchestra project, the Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra (MSJO). He trains the violin teachers for the MSO Music Academy and he has also helped establish various orchestra programs Tacloban, Naga, Lipa, Cagayan de Oro City, Calamba and Makati City. He has been invited to conduct the Korea Suzuki Association (KSA) Teacher’s Orchestra since 2017. He is also a faculty member at the University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music as well as the St. Paul University School of Music.