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Germán Alonso : thinking music in terms of rhythm and energy

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Germán Alonso was born in Madrid (Spain) in 1984. He studied Guitar and Composition (specialization in Electroacoustic Composition) at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid, obtaining the highest marks. At the same time he studies electroacoustic composition with Alberto Bernal. He continued studying composition at the Strasbourg Conservatoire with Mark André, a Master … Continue reading Germán Alonso : thinking music in terms of rhythm and energy

Irene Galindo Quero : working along the threshold of music and language

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Irene Galindo Quero is a Spanish composer, born in Granada in 1985. Linguistics, literature and theories of perception have, from the beginning, played an important role in her work. She enjoys working along the threshold of music and language. Close observation of their common spaces often reveal the actual distances between these worlds. She studied … Continue reading Irene Galindo Quero : working along the threshold of music and language

Francisco de Peñalosa : Bruno Turner & Pro Cantione Antiqua

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Under strong Flemish influence, Spanish composers of real quality and pronounced character emerged at the end of the fifteenth century, associated with the royal chapels of Ferdinand and Isabella and with the choirs of the great cathedrals, notably Toledo and Seville. Francisco de Peñalosa shares pre-eminence with some fine contemporaries such as the Basque Juan … Continue reading Francisco de Peñalosa : Bruno Turner & Pro Cantione Antiqua

Bernat Vivancos : a search for a spirituality

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The musical personality of Bernat Vivancos (Barcelona, ​​1973) is marked by the impressions received during his school years at the Monastery of Montserrat, by some reckonings the oldest existing music conservatory in the Western world.  Singing, indispensable for all good musicians, has been of great importance in his career. Returning to Barcelona, Vivancos studied piano … Continue reading Bernat Vivancos : a search for a spirituality

Rodolfo Halffter and Grupo de los Ocho

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Rodolfo Halffter Escriche (October 20, 1900 – October 14, 1987) was a Spanish composer;  he was the brother of Ernesto Halffter and uncle of Cristóbal Halffter, also composers.  Hallfter was self-taught and in the 1930s took part in the intellectual environment of Madrid, particularly in the composers' society "Grupo de los Ocho". The Group of … Continue reading Rodolfo Halffter and Grupo de los Ocho