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Enrico Lopez-Yañez
Background information
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Conductor, Composer, Arranger, Producer
Years active1996–Present
Websiteenricolopezyanez.com

Enrico Lopez-Yañez is the principal pops conductor of the Nashville Symphony.[1]

Biography

Enrico Lopez-Yañez is currently the Principal Pops Conductor[2] of the Nashville Symphony after serving as the assistant conductor since 2017.[3] Lopez-Yañez has led performances with artists such as Nas,[4] Toby Keith,[5] Trisha Yearwood,[6] The Beach Boys,[7] Kenny Loggins,[8] Renée Elise Goldsberry,[9] and the Marcus Roberts Trio.[10] Lopez-Yañez moved to Nashville following two seasons as Assistant Conductor with the Omaha Symphony.[11] In the summer of 2016, Lopez-Yañez served as Assistant Conductor to Christoph Eschenbach and Valery Gergiev for the National Youth Orchestra of the United States's[12] Carnegie Hall, New York state, and European tour performances.

Lopez-Yañez has made appearances with orchestras throughout North America, including the Detroit Symphony,[13] San Diego Symphony,[14] Utah Symphony,[15] Florida Orchestra, [16] Sarasota Orchestra,[17] and Oklahoma City Philharmonic[18] among others. Additionally, Lopez-Yañez maintains an active role as an operatic conductor having served as Assistant Conductor and Chorus Master for the Berkshire Opera Festival.[19][20] He has led opera gala concerts in San Diego[21] and Aguascalientes (Mexico),[22] productions of Daniel Catán's Rappaccini's Daughter (opera)[23][24] with Chicago Opera Theater and Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly with Main Street Opera in Chicago, and served as Assistant Conductor for Opera Omaha's production of La Boheme.[25]

A major advocate for music education, Lopez-Yañez also designs Symphonic Education Shows distributed by Symphonica Productions,[26] which have been premiered by orchestras such as the Rochester Philharmonic,[27] Sarasota Orchestra,[28] Omaha Symphony[29] and the Nashville Symphony. He also reaches young audiences through his active role as both a composer (with works like Kokowanda Bay which was premiered by the Omaha Symphony on their subscription Family Series)[30] and as a recording artist/producer/arranger with albums like Ruth and Emilia's The Spaceship that Fell in My Backyard and Kokowanda Bay[31] which have won Parents' Choice Awards,[32] Global Music in Media Awards,[33] and the John Lennon Songwriting Contest.[34]

Discography

Title Artist Contribution Year
1st Let it Shine Jim Rule Vocalist 1996
2nd Me and the Kids Ruth Hertz Weber, Enrico & Emilia Lopez-Yañez Vocalist 1997
3rd Silly Willy Sports[35] Brenda Colgate Vocalist 1997
4th Loco de Amor Jorge Lopez-Yañez Trumpet 2010
5th Por ti sere Banda del Estado de Zacatecas Trumpet 2012
6th Heritage[36] San Diego Jewish Men's Choir Trumpet/Drums 2015
7th Kochi[37] San Diego Jewish Men's Choir Drums 2016
8th Action Moves People United Multiple Artists Arranger 2016
9th The Spaceship that Fell in My Backyard[38] Ruth and Emilia Composer/Producer 2018
10th We Are One Windwalker and the MCW Co-Composer/Arranger 2018
11th Kokowanda Bay[39] Ruth and Emilia Composer/Producer 2020

Education

Lopez-Yañez's principal teachers were Jim Ross and Thomas Wilkins, with additional studies and masterclasses from Lorin Maazel, and Michael Tilson Thomas. He holds a Masters in Music in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Maryland. Before studying at Maryland, Lopez-Yañez received his Baccalaureate and Masters in Music from UCLA.

References

  1. ^ "Nashville Symphony Principal Pops Conductor". Nashville Symphony.
  2. ^ "Nashville Symphony News Releases". Nashville Symphony. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Tennessean". Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  4. ^ "The San Diego Union Tribune". Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Tennessean". Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Broadway World". Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Broadway World". Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Kenny Loggins with the Nashville Symphony". Nashville Symphony. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Broadway World". Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Gershwin's Greatest Hits". Now Playing Nashville. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Omaha Symphony Assistant Conductor". Omaha Symphony. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Carnegie Hall NYO 2016" (PDF). Carnegie Hall. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  13. ^ "DSO Presents The Magical Music of Harry Potter". Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
  14. ^ "The San Diego Union Tribune". Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  15. ^ "Renee Elise Goldsberry with the Utah Symphony–Simply Brilliant". Front Row Reviewers.
  16. ^ "A Very Symphonic Style". Catalyst.
  17. ^ "Sarasota Orchestra Free Family Concert". Herald Tribute.
  18. ^ "Around Town". The Journal Record.
  19. ^ "Berkshire Opera Festival 2016". Berkshire Opera Festival.
  20. ^ "The Berkshire Edge". Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  21. ^ "San Diego Reader". Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  22. ^ "Palestra Aguascalientes". Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  23. ^ "Chicago Classical Review". Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  24. ^ "Bachtrack". Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  25. ^ "Opera Omaha".
  26. ^ "Symphonica Productions, LLC". Symphonica Productions.
  27. ^ "Kids Out and About". Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  28. ^ "Herald-Tribune". Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  29. ^ "KMTV 3 News Now". Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  30. ^ "Omaha Symphony" (PDF). Omaha Symphony.
  31. ^ "Ruth and Emilia". Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  32. ^ "Parents' Choice Awards". Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  33. ^ "Global Music in Media Awards". Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  34. ^ "John Lennon Songwriting Contest". Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  35. ^ "Allmusic.com". Silly Willy Sports. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  36. ^ "CdBaby.com". Heritage. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  37. ^ "Allmusic.com". Kochi. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  38. ^ "RuthandEmilia.com". The Spaceship that Fell in My Backyard. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  39. ^ "KPBS". Kokowanda Bay. Retrieved 19 March 2020.


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