Biography

Enrico Lopez-Yañez is principal pops conductor of the Nashville Symphony, where he has collaborated with a broad spectrum of artists including Nas, Patti LaBelle, Itzhak Perlman, Stewart Copeland, Kenny Loggins, Toby Keith, Trisha Yearwood, Kelsea Ballerini, Leslie Odom Jr., Megan Hilty, Tituss Burgess, Hanson, and Kenny G. This season, Mr. Lopez-Yañez will collaborate with artists including Aida Cuevas, the Beach Boys, Ben Folds, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Vanesa Williams, and Pink Martini, and will appear with the Baltimore Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, and San Diego Symphony. He makes his San Francisco Symphony debut with this concert.

Also an active composer and arranger, Mr. Lopez-Yañez has been commissioned by the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Houston Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and Omaha Symphony, and has had his works performed by the Detroit Symphony, Florida Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, and Utah Symphony, among others. His work can also be heard on numerous albums including the UNESCO benefit album Action Moves People United and children’s albums including the award-winning The Spaceship that Fell in My Backyard.

(9/2022)