Pablo Heras-Casado is a Spanish conductor. The son of a retired police officer, he began singing with a school choir at age 7 and piano lessons at age 9. He studied music at the conservatory in Granada. He later attended the Universidad de Granada, with concentrations in art history and acting. He studied conducting further at the Universidad de Alcal� de Henares. His conducting teachers have included Harry Christophers and Christopher Hogwood. In the mid-1990s, Heras-Casado participated in the founding of the early music ensemble Capella Exaudi. At the Universidad de Granada, he helped found the ensemble SON�ORA, with a focus on modernist and avant-garde music. In 2000-2001, he was an assistant conductor with the Joven Orquesta Nacional de Espa�a. He founded the Barroca de Granada Orchestra in 2002. In 2004, he established an "International Choral Conducting Masterclass" in Valle de Ricote. In 2006-2007, he was an assistant conductor with the Op�ra de Paris. In 2007, Heras-Casado cofounded La Compa��a Teatro del Principe, a period instrument ensemble based in Aranjuez, Spain which focuses on neglected operas of the Spanish baroque era. [More at Wikipedia]

November 21st, 1977 in Granada (Age 46)