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5 unusual facts about Juan Hidalgo Codorniu


Juan Hidalgo

Juan Hidalgo Codorniu (born 1927), Spanish composer, member of the ZAJ group

Juan Hidalgo Codorniu

Founder in 1964 of the ZAJ group with Walter Marchetti, Ramón Barce, and later Esther Ferrer and the writer José Luis Castillejo.

ZAJ was a brave exponent of Spanish neodadaism with influences of zen and Marcel Duchamp vision of the arts.

After studying piano and composition in Barcelona and Paris with Nadia Boulanger and Bruno Maderna, in 1957 participates in the XII Internationale Ferienkurse Für Neue Musik festival in Darmstadt with his work "Ukanga", a serial-structural composition for five chamber ensembles.

Tomás Marco

In 1965 he began a brief association with the neo-Dada composers’ group Zaj, founded the previous year by Walter Marchetti, Juan Hidalgo, and Ramón Barce (Haines 1967).



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