Enrique Jordá

After conducting in Madrid, Cape Town and Antwerp, he was music director of the San Francisco Symphony from 1954 to 1963.

During his tenure in San Francisco he gave the world premiere of Joaquín Rodrigo's Fantasía para un gentilhombre with Andrés Segovia as the soloist.

His third recording of Nights in the Gardens of Spain was made with the San Francisco Orchestra with Arthur Rubinstein as soloist.

During the San Francisco Symphony's 1973 European tour, the musicians were reunited with Jordá for the final time.

[1] Jordá died at 84 in Brussels, Belgium, following a two-month illness related to a blood transfusion.