Luis Antonio García Navarro
Luis Antonio García Navarro (born April 30, 1941 in Chiva , Valencia Province , † October 10, 2001 in Madrid ) was a Spanish conductor .
Life
García Navarro began his musical education at the Conservatories of Valencia and Madrid. In Vienna he studied conducting with Hans Swarowsky , Karl Österreicher and Reinhold Schmid .
From 1970 to 1974 García Navarro was Music Director of the Valencia Symphony Orchestra, and from 1976 to 1978 of the Portuguese Radio Symphony Orchestra. He was general music director of the Württemberg State Theater in Stuttgart from 1987 to 1991. From 1997 until his death in 2001 he was general music director of the Teatro Real in Madrid and at the same time titular conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid . He was considered one of the most important contemporary conductors in Spain.
Web links
- Works by and about Luis Antonio García Navarro in the catalog of the German National Library
- Garcia Navarro in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Luis Antonio García Navarro with Bach Cantatas (English)
- Short biography (Spanish)
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| SURNAME | García Navarro, Luis Antonio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Navarro, García |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chiva , Valencia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 2001 |
| Place of death | Madrid |