The Most Famous
CONDUCTORS from Spain
This page contains a list of the greatest Spanish Conductors. The pantheon dataset contains 97 Conductors, 2 of which were born in Spain. This makes Spain the birth place of the 15th most number of Conductors behind Venezuela and Ukraine.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Spanish Conductors of all time. This list of famous Spanish Conductors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (1933 - 2014)
With an HPI of 51.30, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos is the most famous Spanish Conductor. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (born Rafael Frühbeck; 15 September 1933 – 11 June 2014) was a Spanish conductor and composer. Frühbeck was born in Burgos, Spain to a family of German ancestry. He first took up conducting while on military service in the Spanish Army before graduating from the Hochschule für Musik in Munich. Frühbeck was principal conductor of various orchestras around the world, starting with the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra from 1958 to 1962, then moving on to the Spanish National Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo and many others. Throughout his career Frühbeck de Burgos recorded on a number of labels. He was a member of the Academy of Fine Arts and History Institución Fernán González. His honours include the 2011 Conductor of the Year award from Musical America.
2. Tomás Bretón (1850 - 1923)
With an HPI of 46.68, Tomás Bretón is the 2nd most famous Spanish Conductor. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Tomás Bretón y Hernández (29 December 1850 – 2 December 1923) was a Spanish conductor and composer.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as conductors born between 1850 and 1933. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased conductors include Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and Tomás Bretón.
