Iris Sanguesa

Iris Sanguesa de Ichasso (née Sanguesa Hinostroza) (born March 3, 1933), known as Iris Sangüesa, is a Chilean composer, pianist and percussionist defined as the first composer in electronic music in her country.

Biography Sanguesa was born in Osorno, Chile. She graduated from the Chilean National Conservatory in Santiago in 1959 and received a fellowship to study at the Torcuato Di Tella Institute’s CLAEM (Centro Latinamericano de Altos Estudios Musicales) in Buenos Aires from 1967 to 1968, becoming one of the first women to study at the prestigious institution.

At CLAEM, she composed several multimedia pieces and her teachers included Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, German Berner, Jorge Canelo, Augustin Cullel, Alberto Ginastera, Flora Guerra, and Herminia Raccagni.

In 2024, the Department of Music at the University of Chile paid tribute to her as "the first Chilean composer in electronic music." Sonata (double bass and piano) El Pianista Chileno (for children) Mariposas Pieces for Children Variations''

Vocal “Hymn for Liceo Gabriela Mistral" “Hymn for Liceo Manuel de Salas” “Hymn for the Swiss College”