
Luis Manuel Sánchez Rivas
Tipo de artista: General manager of the Salón Los Ángeles
A graduate with honours from Facultad de Música at UNAM as a tuba player, he has appeared as guest conductor with orchestras and ensembles in Mexico, the United States, Europe, and Latin America, including Orquesta y Coro del Teatro de Bellas Artes, Filarmónica de la UNAM, Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México, and groups in Greece, Colombia, Spain, and the United States.
He served as principal conductor of Sinfónica de Alientos de la Policía Federal (2007–2015) and Orquesta Típica de la Ciudad de México (2017–2020). From 2019 to 2022, he was assistant music director of Compañía Nacional de Ópera, where he conducted the premiere of Juana sin cielo and the opera Zorros chinos, both by composer Lorena Orozco.
He has released nine recordings and composed music for film. In 2019 he won the Bilbao Musiká Conducting Competition and was nominated for a Latin Grammy for his work with Banda Sinfónica de la Facultad de Música de la UNAM.
He is currently artistic director of Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes and principal conductor of both Ensamble de Vientos and Banda Sinfónica de la Facultad de Música de la UNAM.