José María Franco

Spanish violinist, conductor and composer José María Franco Bordóns born in Irún (Guipuzcoa) in 1894, dead in Madrid 1971. Do not confuse with also composer and conductor José María Franco Gil. Composer of "El Emigrante" played for the first time in 1921 at Teatro de la Zarzuela. Also premiered in 1923 his second work "Impresiones Españolas". Played violin in "Quinteto Hispania" leaded by Telmo Vela and toured in Spain and LatinAmerica. As conductor he premiered in 1924 Buenos Aires en 1924. In 1925 was the general conductor of "Unión Radio Madrid". Since then he also conducted other Spanish main orchestras like Orquesta Sinfónica De Madrid in1932, Orquesta Nacional De España and Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE.