Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (born September 15, 1933 in Burgos) is a Spanish conductor.

He studied violin, piano, and composition at the conservatories of Bilbao and Madrid. He graduated summa cum laude from the Hochschule für Musik in Munich in conducting and won the Richard Strauss prize.

He has served as music director of the Rundfunkorchester Berlin, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and Chief Conductor of the Bilbao Orchestra and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, as well as being principal guest conductor for numerous orchestras in Europe and the United States. He made his American debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

He has recorded extensively on a number of labels. Especially noteworthy are his performances of Mendelssohn's Elijah, the Mozart Requiem, Orff's Carmina Burana, Bizet's Carmen, and the complete works of Manuel de Falla.

Preceded by Ataúlfo Argenta	Principal Conductors, Orquesta Nacional de España 1962–1978	Succeeded by Antoni Ros-Marbà
Preceded by Franz-Paul Decker	Music Directors, Montreal Symphony Orchestra 1975–1976	Succeeded by Charles Dutoit
Preceded by Georges Prêtre	Principal Conductors, Vienna Symphony Orchestra 1991–1996	Succeeded by Vladimir Fedoseyev
Preceded by Heinz Rögner	Principal Conductors, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra 1994–2000	Succeeded by Marek Janowski
Preceded by Marek Janowski	Principal Conductors, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra 2004–	Succeeded by incumbent