Conductor Max Bragado-Darman has died at the age of 80.

Born in Madrid, Bragado-Darman studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music and Oberlin. He also studied at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Following his studied, from 1970 to 1972, he was assistant conductor of the University of Michigan orchestras and associate conductor of the Youth Symphony Orchestra of the university.

In the summer of 1972 he became the finalist in the Besançon Conducting Competition.

Bragado-Darman went on to conduct with the Nashville Youth Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of Ohio State University, the Symphony and Chamber Orchestras of the Cleveland Institute, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Gran Canaria in Las Palmas, and the Concerto Grosso Orchestra of Frankfurt.

He was also the founder and the musical and artistic director of the Classic Chamber Orchestra. He also served for two years as musical director of the Mozart Opera Festival.

In Europe, he appeared with the Teatro de Sao Carlos Orchestra of Lisbon, the London Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra during its tour of Spain. Bragado-Darman also appeared as a guest conductor with the Indianapolis, Nashville and Cleveland Orchestras in the United States, and the National and Radio Television Orchestras and many other orchestras in Spain.

From February 1991 until 2000 he was artistic and musical director of the newly established Symphony Orchestra of Castile and Leon.