Enrico Lopez-Yañez

Enrico Lopez-Yañez is currently the Principal Pops Conductor of the Nashville Symphony[4], Pacific Symphony[5], and Principal Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Presents[6]. Lopez-Yañez was also named the Principal Pops Conductor Designate of the Detroit Symphony[7], a position which he will begin in the 2024-25 season. Lopez-Yañez has led performances with artists such as Nas,[8] Toby Keith,[9] Trisha Yearwood,[10] The Beach Boys,[11] Stewart Copeland,[12]Kenny Loggins,[13] Renée Elise Goldsberry,[14] and the Marcus Roberts Trio.[15] Lopez-Yañez moved to Nashville following two seasons as Assistant Conductor with the Omaha Symphony.[16] 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[17] Carnegie Hall, New York state, and European tour performances.

Lopez-Yañez has made appearances with orchestras throughout North America, including the Detroit Symphony,[18] Minnesota Orchestra,[19]San Diego Symphony,[20] Utah Symphony,[21]San Francisco Symphony,[22] Florida Orchestra, [23] and Seattle Symphony,[24] 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.[25][26] He has led opera gala concerts in San Diego[27] and Aguascalientes (Mexico),[28] productions of Daniel Catán's Rappaccini's Daughter (opera)[29][30] 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.[31]

A major advocate for music education, Lopez-Yañez also designs Symphonic Education Shows distributed by Symphonica Productions,[32] which have been premiered by orchestras such as the Rochester Philharmonic,[33] Sarasota Orchestra,[34] Omaha Symphony[35] 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)[36] and as a recording artist/producer/arranger with albums like Ruth and Emilia's The Spaceship that Fell in My Backyard and Kokowanda Bay[37] which have won Parents' Choice Awards,[38] Global Music in Media Awards,[39] and the John Lennon Songwriting Contest.[40]

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.

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