COLUMBUS, Ga., June 8 -- Columbus State University issued the following news release:
Enluis Montes Olivar was no stranger to the stage when he crossed the commencement
ceremony platform on May 15 to receive his bachelor's degree in music from Columbus State University. The 29-year-old Venezuelan native and conducting
prodigy has been standing on performance stages and leading orchestras before audiences
of thousands since the age of 6.
At 22, he set a world record in conducting.
And, just two days before graduating from college, Montes stood in the grand nave
of Manhattan's Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine conducting the acclaimed New
York Philharmonic for his first time as he led Beethoven's "Symphony No. 2" and a
concerto with ...