Born in Madrid (1995), A. Crespo Barba is a composer and educator based in Barcelona. 

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His works have been premiered in different festivals in The Netherlands, such as Flamenco Biënnale Nederland, Grachtenfestival, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, November Music, Dutch Double Bass Festival, O-Festival and New Music Conference among others. Outside of The Netherlands, his music has been presented in England, Lithuania, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Portugal and Mexico. Since 2023, he is a member of Codarts' (Conservatory of Rotterdam) Artistic Research Department.

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Nowadays, Crespo Barba's practice shows a strong interest in the emotional responses generated by static, gradually shifting passages of sound. The multidisciplinary approach to his artistic praxis has enabled him to collaborate with experimental choreographers, visual artists or fashion designers such as Mateja Drev, MAISON the FAUX, Lukas Karvelis, Boris Edrosa and LITTLE WOTAN.

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AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS / PRESS

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• Special mention for his piece as you can see I still remember as part of the Calefax Composers Competition (2024)

• Selected composer at New Notes for Juho Myllylä, organised by Gaudeamus Muziekweek, November Music and Grachtenfestival (2023)

• Artist in residency at Centro Coreográfico de La Gomera, ES (2023)

• Honoured with the Werkbijdrage Muziekauteur by the Fonds Podiumkunsten (2020)

• Winner of the Best New Composers Pitch organized by New Music Conference and November Music (2019)

• Selected artist for the radio programme La casa del sonido - Música electroacústica en España (2) by RNE (2019)

• Selected composer at New Notes for James Oesi, organized by Gaudeamus Muziekweek, November Music and Grachtenfestival (2019)

• Artist in residency at Residenza IDRA, IT (2019)

• Winner of the Codarts Artistic Research Festival (2019)

• Finalist of the Fontys Artistic Research National Competition (2019)

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CONTACT INFO

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adrian@acrespobarba.com

Ig: @acrespobarba

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Picture ABOUT PAGE: © Mateja Drev

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