​Opera, Orchestra, and Ballet Conductor, Maestro Barbosa-Vásquez is a visionary leader in the Performing Arts. He combines his Colombian roots, remarkable international training, and his global expertise in high-level artistic productions; to create outstanding and highly profitable immersive artistic experiences. As the General Director of the Performing Arts Laboratory and Music Director of The Americas Chamber Orchestra, his dynamic conducting, innovative productions, and groundbreaking research in Arts Sustainability have garnered international acclaim and remarkable community engagement. 

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Maestro Barbosa-Vásquez has collaborated as Conductor with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, IU Opera and Ballet Theater, and IU Symphonies (USA). In addition, was Music & Artistic Director of the CASC Opera Camp and the World Music Symphony Orchestra (Los Angeles, CA); Music & Artistic Director of Pronartes Musical Theater, Huila Philharmonic, and E&P Orchestra and Choir System (Colombia), and Principal Guest Conductor of El Salvador National Youth Symphony Orchestra for 6 years. 

Furthermore, he holds a Doctor Degree from the prestigious Opera, Orchestra, and Ballet Conducting Department at Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University (USA) with Doctoral Minors in Music Theory and Arts Administration. Moreover, he has developed multiple times internationally awarded PostDoctoral Research in LatinAmerican Cultures, Arts and Identities as Artists/Scholar of CLACS, and in Performing Arts Sustainability (Dimensions: Artistic, Financial, Social and Ecological) with emphasis on International Business, International Political-Economy, Entrepreneurship, and Public Policy development collaborating with the prestigious Ostrom Workshop.