Josep Mestres Quadreny

Josep Maria Mestres Quadreny (4 March 1929 – 18 January 2021) was a Spanish composer.

[1] He studied sciences at the University of Barcelona, taking lessons in composition from Cristòfor Taltabull.

In 1968 he started the Catalan Group of Contemporary Music (Conjunt Català de Música Contemporània), and in 1976 the Catalan Instrumental Group (Grup Instrumental Català) with Carles Santos.

He was also one of the founders of the Phonos Laboratory of Electroacoustic Music in 1973.

In addition to his compositional activities, he taught at the Darmstadt New Music Courses and the Latin American Course of Contemporary Music (Cursos Latinoamericanos de Música Contemporánea) in Brazil.