Gonzalo Morales Sánchez is an Argentinian conductor and clarinetist whose work spans symphonic, operatic, and Latin American repertoire. He's currently finishing his Doctorate in Orchestral Conducting at Ball State University.

Recently, he conducted the Ball State Symphony Orchestra in works by Silvestre Revueltas, Georges Bizet, Robert Schumann and Richard Wagner, and led the Midwest premiere of Harriet Steinke's Marimba Concerto. Back in Argentina, he directed the Orquesta Juvenil Municipal de San Martín in major works like Brahms's First Symphony, Tchaikovsky's Fourth, Dvořák's Ninth, and Verdi's La Traviata at the Basilica de Luján. He's also appeared as guest conductor with the Orquesta Sinfónica Municipal de San Martín and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tres de Febrero.

As a clarinetist, Gonzalo has performed concertos by Mozart, Weber and Rossini with major Argentine orchestras, including the National Symphony Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Argentine Music "Juan de Dios Filiberto," and the Symphony Orchestra of Teatro Roma.

He earned his Master's degree from the Université de Montréal and his Bachelor's in Music from the Universidad Nacional de Lanús. His clarinet studies were with André Moisan, Cristiano Alves and Guillermo Sánchez, and he's taken masterclasses with Donald Montanaro and Wenzel Fuchs. His conducting mentors include Gregory Robbins, Carlos Vieu and Annunziata Tomaro. He speaks Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.