José Luis Greco

Spanish-American Composer and Conductor

Born in New York City in 1953, José Luis Greco is the son of the Spanish dancers José Greco and Nila Amparo, and nephew of the Metropolitan Opera diva Norina Greco. As a boy, he studied piano and guitar and performed as an actor (guest star in the TV series “Flipper”; on Broadway with Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland) and dancer. Adolescence found him playing rock and as a young man he moved on to jazz. Before his move to Amsterdam (Netherlands), he had transcribed and orchestrated Ravi Shankar’s Second Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra, Raga-Mala, and composed and conducted the production of his first opera, Aria da Capo. Greco first achieved recognition in the 1980s as composer, performer and co-founder of Cloud Chamber. Since 1994 he has lived in Madrid, Spain.