- Josep Mestres Quadreny
Josep Maria Mestres Quadreny (born
4 March ,1929 inManresa ) is a Catalan composer.He studied sciences at the
University of Barcelona , taking lessons in composition from Cristòfor Taltabull. In 1968 he started the Catalonian Group of Contemporary Music (Conjunt Català de Música Contemporània), and in 1976 the Catalonian Instrumental Group (Grup Instrumental Català) with Carles Santos. He also founded the Phonos Laboratory of Electroacoustic Music in 1973.His output includes incidental music for theatre and cinema, musicals, ballet, opera and instrumental music. He has also collaborated with visual artists, including
Joan Miró andAntoni Tàpies .In addition to his compositional activities, he has taught at the
Darmstadt New Music Courses and the Latin American Course of Contemporary Music inBrazil .
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