Francisco López (musician)
Francisco López is an avant-garde experimental musician and sound artist.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Francisco López |
| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) |
| Origin | Madrid, Spain |
| Genres | Experimental music Musique concrète Sound art Soundscape Noise music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician Sound artist |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Website | www |
He has released a large amount of sound pieces with record labels from more than fifty countries and realized hundreds of concerts and sound installations worldwide; including some of the main international museums, galleries and festivals, such as: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (New York City), London Institute of Contemporary Arts, Paris Museum of Modern Art, National Auditorium of Music, Reina Sofia Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Sónar, Darwin Fringe Festival, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art.
For the Spanish Pavilion of the Expo 2008, López presented a "double sonic intervention", consisting of both an indoor sound installation and an outdoor performance.
In 2006, López won the First Prize for the Sound Art Competition of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León. He has received honorable mention of the Prix Ars Electronica on three occasions(1999, 2002, 2007) and is the recipient of the Qwartz Award 2010 for best sound anthology.
He is director and curator of SONM (The Sound Archive of Experimental Music and Sound Art).