Contemporánea Music 20th Century Musical avant-garde
Composer and experimental artist
Juan Hidalgo Codorniu was a composer and experimental artist, a pioneer of electroacoustic music in Spain and founder of Zaj.
Juan Hidalgo Codorniu, born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, was a radically innovative figure in music and experimental art. A pioneer of electroacoustic music in Spain, he helped open sound creation to conceptual, performative and avant-garde languages.
As a founder of Zaj, his work stood at the boundary between music, action, visual poetry and contemporary art. His figure expands the map of Canarian music to include the avant-garde and interdisciplinary creation.