Garðar Cortes

Garðar Emanúel Axelsson Cortes (24 September 1940 – 14 May 2023) was an Icelandic singer, choir director, orchestra director and opera director, who founded the Icelandic Opera, the Reykjavík School of Singing and the Reykjavík Symphony Orchestra.[1][2][3]

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is referred to by the given name Garðar.
Garðar Cortes
Born(1940-09-24)24 September 1940
Reykjavík, Kingdom of Iceland
Died14 May 2023(2023-05-14) (aged 82)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Alma materRoyal Academy of Music (1968)
Watford School of Music (1969)
OccupationOpera singer (tenor)

Garðar Cortes was the father of Garðar Thór Cortes. He died on 14 May 2023, at the age of 82.[4]

References
  1. Jakob Bjarnar Grétarsson (16 May 2023). "Garðar Cortes er látinn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  2. Ísak Gabríel Regal (16 May 2023). "Garðar Cortes er látinn". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  3. Árni Johnsen (2 November 1986). "Skemmtilegt að fá hvatningu til að syngja erlendis". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 28–29. Retrieved 16 May 2023 – via Tímarit.is.open access
  4. "Andlát: Garðar Cortes". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
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