ArtistInfo

Jésus Etcheverry

voc, vn, 1911-1988 FR, Bordeaux
Singer / Musician / Conductor of Classical

Jésus Etchéverry (November 14, 1911, Bordeaux - January 12, 1988, Paris) was a French operatic conductor.He began studying the violin while still very young, and played with diverse small orchestras to pay for his tuitions. At age 20, he was engaged by the Symphonic Orchestra in Casablanca, as first violinist, and shortly after began teaching at the Music Conservatory there. He spent the war years in Morocco, and began conducting in an improvised opera season, organised by French expatriate opera singers. The success was such that once the war over, he returned to France and became musical director at the opera house in Nancy, a post he held from 1947 until 1957. He also conducted the summer opera seasons in Luchon, Enghien and Angoulême.

Instruments

• Vocals
• Violin

Genres

• Classical
• Folk
• World
• Soundtrack