---
name: "John Neschling"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-neschling"
fi1m_id: "john-neschling"
imdb_id: "nm0626389"
tmdb_id: 70284
wikidata_id: "Q4318354"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "13 May 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:36:27.075755+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# John Neschling

## Identity

John Neschling

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-neschling
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-neschling
- **IMDb ID:** nm0626389
- **TMDB ID:** 70284
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4318354
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Neschling, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4318354, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0626389/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70284

Composer. Born 13 May 1947 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 13 May 1947, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- **Active:** 1980–1985
- **Frequently works with:** [Héctor Babenco](https://film.one/person/hector-babenco.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Neschling, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4318354, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0626389/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70284

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Kiss of the Spider Woman*](https://film.one/film/kiss-of-the-spider-woman.md) (84)

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## Biography

John Neschling is a Brazilian composer and conductor. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1947, he studied conducting in Vienna with Hans Swarowsky and in Tanglewood with Leonard Bernstein. He returned to Brazil in 1973 and took up positions as music director of municipal theatres in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

In the 1970s and 1980s he composed scores for several Brazilian films, including *Lúcio Flávio* (1977), *Pixote* (1980) and *Kiss of the Spider Woman* (1985). He later became best known as an orchestral and operatic conductor, serving as chief conductor of the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra from 1997 to 2008 and holding posts at opera houses in Europe.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, pt.wikipedia.org, discogs.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Kiss of the Spider Woman* (1985), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/kiss-of-the-spider-woman.md)
- *Pixote* (1980), Fi1m 88, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/pixote.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Copland, Bernstein* (2014), as Conductor
- *Desmundo* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Os Maias* (2001), series, Music
- *Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier* (1998), Conductor
- *Kiss of the Spider Woman* (1985), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/kiss-of-the-spider-woman.md)
- *Cute but Ordinary* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Family Album* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Pixote* (1980), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/pixote.md)
- *Gaijin: A Brazilian Odyssey* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *O Cortiço* (1978), Music
- *Lucio Flavio* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Os Condenados* (1974), Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Maestro John Neschling antes da apresentação da Companhia Brasileira de Ópera, no Palácio das Artes em Belo Horizonte. Foto: Pedro França/MinC (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/118467/gallery-6e89d1d6a84b.jpg) Maestro John Neschling antes da apresentação da Companhia Brasileira de Ópera, no Palácio das Artes em Belo Horizonte. Foto: Pedro França/MinC (2010) — Ministério da Cultura, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Companhia_Brasileira_de_%C3%93pera.jpg/1280px-Companhia_Brasileira_de_%C3%93pera.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Maestro John Neschling na apresentação da Companhia Brasileira de Ópera, no Palácio das Artes em Belo Horizonte. (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/118467/gallery-33dff2e1cdb5.jpg) Maestro John Neschling na apresentação da Companhia Brasileira de Ópera, no Palácio das Artes em Belo Horizonte. (2010) — Ministério da Cultura (foto: Pedro França), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Companhia_Brasileira_de_%C3%93pera_2.jpg/1280px-Companhia_Brasileira_de_%C3%93pera_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Maestro John Neschling na apresentação da Companhia Brasileira de Ópera, no Palácio das Artes em Belo Horizonte. Foto: Pedro França/MinC (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/118467/gallery-a137c5f3fe28.jpg) Maestro John Neschling na apresentação da Companhia Brasileira de Ópera, no Palácio das Artes em Belo Horizonte. Foto: Pedro França/MinC (2010) — Ministério da Cultura, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Companhia_Brasileira_de_%C3%93pera_3.jpg/1280px-Companhia_Brasileira_de_%C3%93pera_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![John Neschling](https://film.one/media/person/118467/gallery-6093e6b46254.jpg) John Neschling — Ministério da Cultura (foto: Pedro França), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/John_Neschling%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Maestro John Neschling na apresentação da Companhia Brasileira de Ópera, no Palácio das Artes em Belo Horizonte. Foto: Pedro França/MinC (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/118467/gallery-61c8729a1acc.jpg) Maestro John Neschling na apresentação da Companhia Brasileira de Ópera, no Palácio das Artes em Belo Horizonte. Foto: Pedro França/MinC (2010) — Ministério da Cultura, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/John_Neschling_-_Companhia_Brasileira_de_%C3%93pera_%2883%29.jpg/1280px-John_Neschling_-_Companhia_Brasileira_de_%C3%93pera_%2883%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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