Lorenzo Palomo

Lorenzo Palomo (Ciudad Real, 1938) is a Spanish composer and conductor. He was chief conductor of the Valencia Symphony Orchestra, Spain, from 1973 to 1976 and conductor and pianist of the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 1981 to 2004. Lorenzo Palomo resides in Berlin, Germany. 
Biography.
Soon after his birth in Ciudad Real in 1938, where his father was stationed during the Spanish Civil War, his mother returned with him to Pozoblanco, Spain where the family lived, and shortly afterwards they moved to Córdoba where the composer spent his youth.
Palomo studied piano and harmony at the Córdoba Conservatory and at the age of twenty he entered the Barcelona Superior Conservatory of Music, where he studied composition with Joaquín Zamacois and piano with Sofía Puche de Mendlewicz.
Honours.
In 2010 Lorenzo Palomo was knighted into the Order of Isabel la Católica by His Majesty, King Juan Carlos I of Spain for his work disseminating the name of Spain worldwide through his music. 