The López-Cobos

Jesús López-Cobos

Jesús López-Cobos is a Spanish conductor.López-Cobos was born in Toro, Zamora, Castile-León, Spain. He studied at Complutense University of Madrid and graduated with a degree in philosophy...

 International Opera Conductors Competition, pioneer in this speciality, is held in the Teatro Real

Teatro Real

The Teatro Real or simply El Real , is a major opera house located in Madrid, Spain.-History:...

, Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

 every two years since 2006. The conductors conduct the Madrid Symphony Orchestra

Madrid Symphony Orchestra

The Madrid Symphony Orchestra , founded in 1903, is the oldest existing Spanish symphony orchestra not linked to an opera house in Spain.-History:...

, whose members compose the jury. The first prize implies a two-year contract as Assistant Conductor in the theater.

The second edition grand winner, Eun Sun Kim, will be the first woman to conduct in the Teatro Real.

Winners

Year	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize
2006	Philippe Bach Philippe Bach Philippe Bach , is a Swiss conductor and current music director of Meiningen's Hofkapelle and Theatre.-Biography:Bach was born in Saanen, Switzerland, and studied Horn in Bern and Genève and conducting in Zürich...	Ryuichiro Sonoda	Seungup Yoon
2008	Eun Sun Kim	Domingo A. Gca. Hindoyan	Matteo Pagliari