Conductor François López-Ferrer.
The Solti Foundation U.S. Board has named François López-Ferrer as the recipient of the 15th Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. The award was announced by Board Chair Penny Van Horn and Artistic and Awards Committee Chair Elizabeth Buccheri. The award is given annually to a promising American conductor 36 years of age or younger. It provides career guidance, industry connections, and a cash purse of $30,000. Previous recipients include Keitaro Harada, Earl Lee, Gemma New, Aram Demirjian, Yaniv Dinur, Roderick Cox, Christopher Allen, Karina Canellakis, Vladimir Kulenovic, Cristian Macelaru, James Feddeck, Case Scaglione, Eric Nielsen, and Anthony Barrese. Spanish-American conductor François López-Ferrer, resident conductor of the Opéra de Paris Académie, was formerly associate conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and May Festival. Upcoming engagements include debuts at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, at the May Festival with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and with Opéra de Paris. Past engagements include the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Rochester, Colorado Springs, and Sacramento philharmonics, the Omaha, Tucson, Pasadena, and Ohio Valley symphonies, and the Colorado Music Festival. López-Ferrer participated in the League of American Orchestra’s 2022 Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview. Former posts include associate conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Chile and principal conductor of the Ballet Nacional Chileno.
