Real name: Jesús López-Cobos

Effective period / Period of releases: 1974 - 2014

Spanish classical conductor (b. 25 February 1940 in Toro, Zamora – d. 2 March 2018 in Berlin).
He studied in Madrid and graduated with a degree in philosophy. Later he studied conducting with Franco Ferrara and Hans Swarowsky.
From 1981 to 1990 he was general music director (Generalmusikdirektoren) 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 conducting Orquesta Sinfónica De Madrid. He was a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity