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Cristóbal Halffter Jiménez-Encina (24 March 1930 – 23 May 2021) was a Spanish classical composer. He was the nephew of two other composers, Rodolfo and Ernesto Halffter and is regarded as the most important Spanish composer of the generation of composers designated the Generación del 51.
Cristóbal Halffter fue uno de los compositores más importantes de la Generación del 51, grupo de artistas que renovaron el panorama musical español con la introducción de las técnicas musicales de la vanguardia europea, como el dodecafonismo y el serialismo.
Cristobal Halffter. Christobal Halffter (1930-) by Julie Riegg Christobal Halffter was born in Madrid in 1930, nephew of prominent composers Ernesto and Rodolfo Halffter. He later was to become one of the most well known groups of composers from Spain in the 1950s.
May 27, 2021 · Composer and conductor Cristóbal Halffter passed away on May 23, 2021 at the age of 91 in Villafranca del Bierzo. Halffter was born in Madrid, Spain and was educated at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid.
Cristóbal Halffter Jiménez-Encina (24 March 1930 – 23 May 2021) was a Spanish classical composer and conductor. He was the nephew of two other composers, Rodolfo and Ernesto Halffter. He was seen as the most important Spanish composer of the generation of composers during the Generación del 51. He was born in Madrid .
Spanish composer and conductor born 24 March 1930 in Madrid; died 23 May 2021 in Villafranca del Bierzo, Spain. Biography. Oeuvre. Works/formation. Works/date. Ressources. At the outbreak of the Spanish civil in 1936, Cristóbal Halffter and his family emigrated to Velbert in Germany, where they remained until 1939 ;.
Nephew of the composers Rodolfo and Ernesto Halffter, Cristóbal Halffter studied at the Royal Conservatory in Madrid, where he later became director. He has explored many stylistic fields – neo-Classicism, 1950s modernism, aleatory, collage and quotation, and electro-acoustics – with great success, including operas, concertos, and string ...
