Francisco Estévez (Paco) is a Spanish composer who gained recognition for his avant-garde and electronic work during the 1970s when he trained in classical composition techniques, and performed with
Florian Schneider and
Karl Bartos of
Kraftwerk
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He holds degrees and has received awards in Spain, Germany, and the Netherlands. He currently (as of 2016) lives in
Collado Villalba near
Madrid.
Paco was the original organizer of the youth orchestra Orquestra de Jovenes Virtuosos.
The first attempt to catalogue his work was published in 2016.
He was awarded a 2016 Barlow Endowment music commission.
General And LDS Commission Recipients
" Barlow Endowment.
References
1945 births
Spanish classical composers
Spanish Latter Day Saints
20th-century composers
21st-century composers
Living people
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