Ivan Lopez-Reynoso


Ivan Lopez-Reynoso is an opera and symphonic conductor, pianist, violinist and countertenor.

Early life

Lopez-Reynoso was born in Guanajuato, Mexico, to mechanical engineer Gustavo Lopez and computer engineer Guadalupe Reynoso. He studied violin, piano, choir conducting and he graduated summa cum laude in orchestra conducting.

Career

Lopez-Reynoso is the musical director of the Orchestra of Teatro Bellas Artes hosted at Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. He started as assistant conductor at Opera de Bellas Artes, located at Palacio de Bellas Artes at the age of 20. He would later make his opera debut as opera conductor with The Marriage of Figaro.
A special relationship connects Lopez-Reynoso to the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro where he made his opera debut in 2014 with the opera Il viaggio a Reims, invited by Alberto Zedda. It then followed an invitation to conduct the concert with Ildar Abdrazakov. Lopez-Reynoso also conducted Damiano Michieletto's production of Rossini's opera La scala di seta on tour at the Royal Opera House Muscat.
He currently is Principal Guest Conductor of the Oviedo Filarmonia and was Associate Conductor of Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM in 2019 and 2020 in Mexico City. During the seasons 2017-18 and 2018-19 Lopez-Reynoso held the position of Erster Kapellmeister at the Staatstheater Braunschweig where he collaborated with opera directors Jürgen Flimm, Andrea Moses and Brigitte Fassbaender among others.

Opera repertoire