Internationally acclaimed conductor Tito Muñoz has been appointed the new Virginia G. Piper Music Director of The Phoenix Symphony. K-Bach's Sterling Beeaff catches up with the Maestro about his new role.

Introducing...Tito Muñoz!

• 30 years old

• Born in Queens, New York City

• Most recently was the Music Director of the Opéra national de Lorraine and Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy in Nancy, France

• Has been on the conducting staffs of both the Cleveland Symphony and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

• Among his mentors are David Zinman, Robert Spano, Leonard Slatkin and David Robertson.

• Appeared with the Phoenix Symphony twice these past two seasons leading the orchestra in Shostakovich, Schumann, Barber and Stravinsky.