Jesús López Cobos

Jesús López Cobos (25 February 1940 – 2 March 2018) was a Spanish conductor.

He studied at Complutense University of Madrid and graduated with a degree in philosophy.

Later he studied conducting with Franco Ferrara and with Hans Swarowsky at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

[3] He was a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity, as well as an honorary brother of the Eta-Omicron chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.

[4] López Cobos died in Berlin, Germany, on 2 March 2018, age 78 of cancer-related causes.