Jesús López Cobos

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Jesús López Cobos (2015)

Jesús López Cobos (born February 25, 1940 in Toro , Zamora Province ; † March 2, 2018 in Berlin , Germany ) was a Spanish conductor .

López Cobos first studied philosophy at the Complutense University of Madrid and completed the subject with a dissertation. It was only later that he began his musical studies and studied conducting with Franco Ferrara , Hans Swarowsky and Karl Österreicher , among others .

From 1981 to 1990 he was general music director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and from 1984 to 1988 he was also music director of the Spanish National Orchestra . From 1986 to 2000 Jesús López Cobos was chief conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra , and from 1990 to 2000 chief conductor of the Orchester de Chambre de Lausanne . From 2002 to 2010 he was music director of the Teatro Real in Madrid .

Awards

Web links

Commons : Jesús López Cobos  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Darío Prieto: Muere el director de orquesta Jesús López Cobos . El Mundo , March 2, 2018, accessed March 2, 2018 (Spanish).
Note: This is a Spanish name . López Cobos is thus the family name. Nothing is common as an abbreviated form .
personal data
SURNAME López Cobos, Jesús
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish conductor
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Toro , Zamora, Spain
DATE OF DEATH 2nd March 2018
Place of death Berlin , Germany