Luis Cobiella Cuevas

Luis Cobiella Cuevas was born in Santa Cruz de La Palma on 23 March 1925. He died on 24 June 2013. He was appointed corresponding academician for La Palma in 1988, elected full academician in 1992, and formally admitted to the Real Academia Canaria de Bellas Artes on 24 April 1993.

His career was wide-ranging: a Chemistry degree from the University of La Laguna, secondary-school teaching, founding and programming La Voz de La Palma, collaborating with and for a time directing Diario de Avisos, and serving as the first Diputado del Común of the Canary Islands. In music he left a repertoire of publicly performed works, including choral, religious and stage pieces linked to La Palma celebrations.

In 2002 he received the Canary Islands Prize for Fine Arts and Performance.