{"id":4116,"date":"2019-05-07T21:13:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T19:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alayreespanol.com\/?page_id=4116"},"modified":"2023-11-15T11:07:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T10:07:48","slug":"eduardolopezbanzo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alayreespanol.com\/en\/eduardolopezbanzo","title":{"rendered":"Eduardo L\u00f3pez Banzo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[mk_page_section bg_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.alayreespanol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/biografia-cabecera-lopez-banzo-1.jpg&#8221; attachment=&#8221;fixed&#8221; bg_position=&#8221;center top&#8221; bg_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; bg_stretch=&#8221;true&#8221; enable_3d=&#8221;true&#8221; speed_factor=&#8221;0.5&#8243; min_height=&#8221;480&#8243; padding_top=&#8221;120&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;40&#8243; top_shape_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; has_bottom_shape_divider=&#8221;true&#8221; bottom_shape_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; bottom_shape_el_class=&#8221;alayre-dividerbottom&#8221; el_class=&#8221;alayre-dividerbottom&#8221; sidebar=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243;][vc_column][mk_custom_box padding_vertical=&#8221;20&#8243; padding_horizental=&#8221;0&#8243; min_height=&#8221;230&#8243; animation=&#8221;bottom-to-top&#8221; background_hov_color_style=&#8221;image&#8221;][mk_fancy_title color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; size=&#8221;60&#8243; line_height=&#8221;96&#8243; font_weight=&#8221;300&#8243; font_style=&#8221;normal&#8221; letter_spacing=&#8221;30&#8243; margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; font_family=&#8221;none&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; animation=&#8221;bottom-to-top&#8221;]EDUARDO<br \/>\nL\u00d3PEZ BANZO[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_ornamental_title tag_name=&#8221;h3&#8243; text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; font_family=&#8221;none&#8221; font_size=&#8221;26&#8243; txt_transform=&#8221;uppercase&#8221; ornament_style=&#8221;lemo-single&#8221; nss_align=&#8221;center&#8221; el_class=&#8221;white&#8221;]Biography[\/mk_ornamental_title][\/mk_custom_box][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section bg_position=&#8221;center top&#8221; bg_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; bg_stretch=&#8221;true&#8221; enable_3d=&#8221;true&#8221; speed_factor=&#8221;0.6&#8243; min_height=&#8221;200&#8243; padding_top=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; sidebar=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;60&#8243; visibility=&#8221;visible-dt&#8221;][mk_fancy_title tag_name=&#8221;h3&#8243; size=&#8221;56&#8243; line_height=&#8221;110&#8243; font_weight=&#8221;300&#8243; margin_bottom=&#8221;30&#8243; font_family=&#8221;Oswald&#8221; font_type=&#8221;google&#8221;]Eduardo L\u00f3pez Banzo,<span class=\"st\"> artistic director of<\/span> Al Ayre Espa\u00f1ol[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_ornamental_title tag_name=&#8221;h3&#8243; text_color=&#8221;#0d1216&#8243; font_family=&#8221;none&#8221; font_size=&#8221;20&#8243; txt_transform=&#8221;uppercase&#8221; ornament_style=&#8221;lemo-single&#8221;]More than 25 years of musical career[\/mk_ornamental_title][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Eduardo L\u00f3pez Banzo, born in Zaragoza in 1961, is one European conductor who has made Historicism his own musical philosophy with the most conviction, in order to bring his musicians closer to the sources and spirit of each composition, which results in the music sounding fresh and innovative to contemporary audiences after so many centuries.\u2028 He studied organ and harpsichord in Zaragoza with Jos\u00e9 Luis Gonz\u00e1lez Uriol and in Amsterdam with Jacques van Oortmersen and Gustav Leonhardt, who encouraged him to champion the cause of Spanish baroque music.<\/p>\n<p>In 2002 he received the Medal of Honour of the Conservatory of Music of the Balearic Islands for his work in favour of the baroque composer Antonio de Literes, but it was in 2004 that he achieved major success, when Al Ayre Espa\u00f1ol, the group he had founded in 1988, was awarded with the Spanish National Music Prize, granted by the Spanish Ministry of Culture, in recognition to their more than twenty years of musicological rigour and performance excellence. 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