Federico Ruiz Hurtado (born February 8, 1948) is a Venezuelan composer, arranger, and arts administrator.
He has composed in diverse genres including symphonic, chamber, and electroacoustic music.
He was a student at the José Ángel Lamas School of Music [es], where he studied composition with Primo Casale, Vicente Emilio Sojo and Evencio Castellanos; as well as contemporary compositional techniques with Giannis Ioannidis [de] and Eduardo Kusnir.
[1][2] In 1976, Ruiz founded the Quinteto Cantaclaro, which consisted of members Carola Marcano, Inés Feo La Cruz, Efraín Arteaga, Gonzalo Peña, and Felipe Izcaray.
[3] His music for film has earned wide popularity in Venezuela[4] and many of his works are part of the repertoire of ensembles in El Sistema.