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

Enrico Lopez-Yañez
Background information
Genres	Classical
Occupation(s)	Conductor, Composer, Arranger, Producer
Years active	1996–Present
Website	enricolopezyanez.com

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

External links

• Enrico Lopez-Yañez's website for bio and events
• "Discography on Allmusic". Retrieved 2017-11-21.

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