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 Enrique X. Macías was born in Vigo, in 1958, where he died in 1995. Basically an autodidact, he took part in the Darmstadt summer courses from 1980 to 1984, with a scholarship granted by the New Music Institute of this German city. He was a resident composer in the Electronic Music Studios of the Finnish Radio (Helsinki, 1981) and in the Krakow Music Academy (Poland, 1982), as well as guest composer in the Sonology Institute of Utrecht (Netherlands, 1985), Groupe de Recherches Musicales de Paris (INA/GRM, 1986 and 1988) and STEIM (Amsterdam, 1988). He also worked in the Espace Musical de Paris (1987 and 1988). In 1992, he took part in the Summer course for composers in IRCAM (Paris). Among the prizes won by Enrique X. Macías there are the Gaudeamus award (Netherlands, 1981 and 1984), Cristobal Halffter Composition award (Spain, 1983), 1st prize in the Composition Competition of the Young Spanish National Orchestra (1984), honor award in the Fernando Pessoa International Composition Competition (Portugal, 1985), Young Composers Tribune of the Juan March Foundation (Madrid, 1983 and 1987) and 2nd prize in the SGAE Composition Competition (1987). He also represented Spain in UNESCO's International Rostrum of Composers (Paris, 1985). Enrique X. Macías had commands from many Spanish, Portuguese and foreign institutions, and a great part of his musical output was performed in festivals worldwide.