Eduardo López Banzo is a Spanish harpsichordist and conductor of baroque music.
López Banzo was born in
Zaragoza
Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...
, Spain. He studied harpsichord with
Gustav Leonhardt
Gustav Maria Leonhardt (30 May 1928 – 16 January 2012) was a Dutch keyboardist, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor. He was a leading figure in the historically informed performance movement to perform music on period instruments.
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in Amsterdam.
In 1988 López Banzo founded the group
Al Ayre Español
Al Ayre Español is a vocal and instrumental ensemble specialized on early music founded in 1988 by harpsichordist Eduardo López Banzo.Interview with Eduardo López Banzo owww.odb-opera.com/ref>
The name of the ensemble was inspired by the titl ...
, which specialises in Spanish baroque music, of composers such as
Literes. They were awarded Spain's ''Premio Nacional de Música'' in 2004.
Al Ayre Español
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López Banzo has premiered several operas at the annual Festival de Beaune The Festival de Beaune: ''Festival international d’opéra baroque'' is a month-long annual summer festival of baroque opera in Beaune, France. It is notable for revivals of many baroque operas and performances of Mozart on original instruments.
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in Burgundy.
References
1961 births
Spanish conductors (music)
Spanish harpsichordists
Male conductors (music)
Living people
21st-century conductors (music)
21st-century male musicians
Spanish male musicians
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