Pedro Blanco López

Pedro Blanco López (León, July 14, 1883 – Porto, May 1, 1919), was a Spanish composer, pianist, teacher and music critic.

His Spanish friends and occasional collaborators included the painter Cecilio Plá, the playwright Guillermo Perrín and the cartoonist Ramón Cilla.

Blanco had a relevant contribution to the flourishing cultural life of Porto in the first two decades of the 20th century, in movements such as Renascença portuguesa.

In Porto he developed a close friendship with personalities of the stature of the sculptor António Teixeira Lopes, the cartoonist Leal da Câmara and the writer Antero de Figueiredo.

As a writer, Pedro Blanco wrote many articles for newspapers and magazines, mainly in Spanish and Portuguese languages, focused on various fields: music criticism, regenerationism and the defense of the condition of musicians, and dissemination of artistic activities of the close two nations.