Jesús López-Cobos

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is López and the second or maternal family name is Cobos.

Jesús López Cobos (born 25 February 1940) is a Spanish conductor.

López Cobos was born in Toro, Zamora, Castile-León, Spain. He studied at Complutense University of Madrid and graduated with a degree in philosophy. Later he studied conducting with Franco Ferrara and with Hans Swarowsky at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.

From 1981 to 1990 he was general music director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and from 1984 to 1988 he was music director of the Orquesta Nacional de España. From 1986 to 2000 he served as music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and from 1990 to 2000 he was principal conductor of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. From 2003 to 2010 he has been music director of the Teatro Real in Madrid.

He is a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity.

See also

• Lopez Cobos International Opera Conductors Competition
• Teatro Real
• Deutsche Oper Berlin
• Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
• Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
• Spanish National Orchestra

External links

• Jesús López Cobos at AllMusic
• Jésus López Cobos at the Prince of Asturias Foundation website
• Short biography
• Interview with Jesús López Cobos by Bruce Duffie, August, 1997

Cultural offices
Preceded by Antoni Ros-Marbà	Principal Conductor, Orquesta Nacional de España 1984–1989	Succeeded by Aldo Ceccato
Preceded by Lawrence Foster	Artistic Director, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne 1990–2000	Succeeded by Christian Zacharias
Preceded by Luis Antonio García Navarro (1997–2001)	Music Director of the Teatro Real 2003–2010	Succeeded by ?