InConcert February 2020

CONDUCTORS
Butterfly. Early in his career, he worked regularly
with the Costa Rican Lyric Opera and has conducted
new productions of Carmen, La bohème and
Rigoletto. In 2008 he gave the Australian premiere
of Osvaldo Golijov's one-act opera Ainadamar at
the Adelaide Festival.
Guerrero previously held posts as the Principal
Guest Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra
Miami (2011-2016), Music Director of the Eugene
Symphony (2002-2009), and Associate Conductor
of the Minnesota Orchestra (1999-2004).
Born in Nicaragua, Guerrero immigrated during
his childhood to Costa Rica, where he joined
the local youth symphony. As a promising young
student, he came to the United States to study
percussion and conducting at Baylor University in
Texas; he earned his master’s degree in conducting
at Northwestern, where he studied with Victor
Yampolsky. Given his beginnings in civic youth
orchestras, Guerrero is particularly engaged with
conducting training orchestras and has worked
with the Curtis School of Music, Colburn School
in Los Angeles, and Yale Philharmonia, as well
as with the Nashville Symphony’s Accelerando
program. In recent years, he has also developed
a relationship with the National Youth Orchestra
(NYO2) in New York, created and operated by the
Weill Institute of Music at Carnegie Hall.
ENRICO
LOPEZ-YAÑEZ
Principal Pops Conductor
Enrico Lopez-Yañez is the Principal Pops
Conductor of the Nashville Symphony.
Appointed in 2019, he leads the Symphony’s
Pops Series and Family Series. Since working
with the Nashville Symphony, Lopez-Yañez has
conducted concerts with a broad spectrum
of artists, including Toby Keith, Richard Marx,
Jennifer Nettles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Megan
Hilty, Hanson, Kenny Loggins and more.
During the 2019/20 season, Lopez-Yañez will
make appearances with the San Diego Symphony,
Indianapolis Symphony and Edmonton Symphony,
and return performances with the Detroit
Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic and Sarasota
Orchestra. He has appeared with orchestras
throughout the United States, including the Utah
Symphony, Omaha Symphony and Oklahoma City
Philharmonic.
As artistic director and co-founder of Symphonica
Productions, LLC, Lopez-Yañez curates and leads
programs designed to cultivate new audiences. An
enthusiastic proponent of innovating the concert
experience, he has created exciting education,
classical and pops concerts for orchestras across
the United States.
Sharing an equal love for opera, Lopez-Yañez
served as Assistant Conductor and Chorus Master
for the Berkshire Opera Festival, where his work
was met with rave reviews. He has led opera
gala concerts in San Diego and Aguascalientes
(Mexico), as well as a production of Madama
Butterfly with Main Street Opera in Chicago.
Lopez-Yañez is an active producer, composer
and arranger whose work can be heard on
numerous albums, including the UNESCO benefit
Action Moves People United and the children’s
music collection The Spaceship That Fell in My
Backyard, winner of the John Lennon Songwriting
Contest, Global Music Awards, Hollywood Music
and Media Awards, and more.
Lopez-Yañez previously held the position of
Assistant Conductor with the Nashville Symphony
and Omaha Symphony. He holds a Master’s in
Music from the University of Maryland and received
a Master’s in Music and his Baccalaureate from
UCLA, where he graduated summa cum laude.
For more information, visit
www.enricolopezyanez.com.
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