Confidently and captivatingly, Simone Menezes designs programs of high curatorial quality and musical coherence. An international conductor based in France, she sees herself as a bridge-builder between different musical traditions and artistic disciplines. Born in Brazil, with Italian roots, her repertoire spans from composers of the classical European canon such as Beethoven and Brahms to Tchaikovsky and the French Impressionists, seamlessly combining them with works from the Latin American repertoire.