ArtistInfo

Juan Blanco

CU
Composer of Electronic and Classical
A.k.a. Juan Pedro Blanco Rodriguez

Juan Blanco (1919, Mariel, Cuba - 2008, Havana, Cuba) has been a prolific composer, a teacher and the pionnering force around the development of electroacoustic music in Cuba. Blanco organized the first public concert with electroacoustic music at "Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba" in 1964. He composed around 100 pieces using electroacoustic systems, also working extensively with spatial distribution of sound within large open spaces, and developing complex multimedia installations and spectacles. His son Juan Marcos Blanco is also a composer. Juan Blanco’s EGREM discography: LD 3809 = Contemporaneas 4 LP, 1979 LD 4211 = Música electroacústica LP, 1984? LD 4424 = Música electroacústica LP, 1987 LD xxxx = Música por computadores, [year?]

Genres

• Electronic
• Classical