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"The star of the show was conductor José Luis Gómez, who led a richly detailed, sensitive performance, supporting the singers and finding authentic delicacy in this familiar score."
"Maestro José Luis Gomez leads the fine orchestra to explore even the subtlest emotional nuances of these songs. He’s a master of controlled dynamics. Very often an instrument—often a violin—becomes a partner with the singers, echoing wistfully the the deep feelings of the characters."
The Venezuelan-born, Spanish conductor José Luis Gomez was catapulted to international attention when he won First Prize at the International Sir Georg Solti Conductors' Competition in 2010 in Frankfurt. Gomez’s electrifying presence, talent, creativity, and energy quickly earned him admiration among the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra’s musicians and their music director Paavo Jarvi, immediately launching his conducting career.
Music Director of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra since 2016, Gomez has consistently crafted compelling programs, many of which are juxtaposed with lesser-known composers from South America whom he champions, expanding and enriching the orchestra’s repertoire. He’s worked diligently to provide innovative and engaging outreach activities and education projects, as well as new commissions.
Recent and upcoming highlights include appearances with the Flanders Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.), conducting a new piece by Paquito D’Rivera performed by Yo-Yo Ma, which resulted in an immediate re-invitation, RhodeIsland Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony, Houston Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Omaha Symphony, Charleston Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Symphony San Jose, Las Vegas Philharmonic, Puerto Rico Symphony, New Zealand Symphony, Edmonton Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería, Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira, Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá, and Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional del Perú. Among past and future engagements in Europe are the RTVE National Symphony Orchestra, in Madrid, Frankfurt Radio Orchestra (HR), Weimar Staatskapelle, Royal Scottish National, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, George Enescu Philharmonic, Hamburg Symphony, Estonian National Symphony, Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y Leon, Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Orquesta Sinfónica de la Región de Murcia, Orchestra Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano, Sinfonia Varsovia, SWR Symphonieorchester Stuttgart, orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin, and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife.
Equally at home in operatic repertoire, Gomez has led performances of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni and Puccini’s La bohème at the Frankfurt Opera, Rossini’s La Cenerentola at Stuttgart Opera, Verdi’s La Forza del Destino in Tokyo at the New National Theatre, Don Carlo and Norma at The State Opera in Tbilisi, Georgia, La Traviata in concert with Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra, Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cavalleria Rusticana with the Teatro Sociale di Como and a special Zarzuela Gala at Opera de Tenerife, where he returns for Gounod’s Romeo & Juliet in 2025/26. In 2023/24 he conducted La bohème at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and Teatro di Coccia in Novara, where he will return for La Traviata this summer. This summer he also returns to the Wolf Trap for a production of Bizet’s Carmen.
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