Jesús López Cobos

Jesús López Cobos (25 February 1940 – 2 March 2018) was a Spanish conductor.^[1]^[2]

Early life and career

López Cobos was born in Toro, Zamora, 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 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 2001 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 served as music director of the Teatro Real in Madrid.^[3] He was a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity.^[4]

López Cobos died in Berlin, Germany, on 2 March 2018, age 78 of cancer-related causes.

Date	Venue	Composer	Composition	Soloist(s)	Orchestra
1986–11–07 ^[5]	Madrid	Enrique Llácer Soler	Percussion Concerto No. 2	Enrique Llácer Soler	Spanish National
1986–11–07 ^[5]	Madrid	Lalo Schifrin	Guitar Concerto	Ángel Romero	Spanish National

^ "Muere el director de orquesta Jesús López Cobos" by Darío Prieto, El Mundo (in Spanish)
^ Mantilla, Jesús Ruiz (3 March 2018). "Muere el director de orquesta Jesús López Cobos a los 78 años en Berlín". El País. Retrieved 5 March 2018 – via elpais.com.
^ Aurora Intxausti, Borja Hermoso (September 9, 2008). "López Cobos, adiós al Teatro Real". El País. Retrieved 11 September 2008. In 2009 [he] conducted the new production of Thaïs at the Metropolitan Opera with Renée Fleming.
^ Delta Omicron Archived 2010-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ Scherzo, issue 7, September 1986, p.31

Cultural offices
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 Gerard Mortier

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