Garðar Cortes

Garðar Emanúel Axelsson Cortes (24 September 1940 – 14 May 2023) was an Icelandic singer, choir director, orchestra director, and opera director who founded the Icelandic Opera, the Reykjavík School of Singing, and the Reykjavík Symphony Orchestra.

Garðar Cortes was the father of Garðar Thór Cortes. He died on 14 May 2023, at the age of 82.