About
Andrés Lopera is an international orchestral conductor from Colombia and Music Director of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra in Indiana. Based in the United States, he brings energy, clarity, and a strong sense of connection to the podium.
His work spans professional, regional, and youth orchestras, with experience in masterworks, opera, new music, education concerts, symphonic pops, and large outdoor community performances. During his six seasons as Associate Conductor of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Lopera conducted classical programs, family concerts, Picnic with the Pops and Popcorn Pops programs, and crossover concerts that brought orchestral music to broad public audiences.
His conducting experience includes work with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic, Oregon Symphony, New World Symphony, Xalapa Symphony Orchestra, and other ensembles in the United States and Latin America.
At the center of his work is a belief that orchestral music can be artistically excellent, immediate, and deeply welcoming.
“Brings high energy, big ideas.”
Dynamic, imaginative, and deeply committed to his community, conductor Andres Lopera enters his debut season as Music Director of Indiana's Richmond Symphony Orchestra. A trailblazing Latin American conductor in the US, Lopera has led prestigious orchestras across the Americas for over a decade. Dynamic, imaginative, and deeply committed to his community, conductor Andrés Lopera is Music Director of Indiana’s Richmond Symphony Orchestra and a leading Latin American conductor active across professional, regional, and youth orchestras in the United States.