Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. A virtuoso bandoneonist, he regularly performed his own compositions with a variety of ensembles. In 1992, American music critic Stephen Holden described Piazzolla as "the world's foremost composer of Tango music".
Alberto Evaristo Ginastera was an Argentinian composer of classical music. He is considered to be one of the most important 20th-century classical composers of the Americas.
Leonardo Balada Ibáñez is a Catalan American classical composer, who is noted for his operas and orchestral works.
Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre, 1st Marquess of the Gardens of Aranjuez, was a Spanish composer and a virtuoso pianist. He is best known for composing the Concierto de Aranjuez, a cornerstone of the classical guitar repertoire.
Esteban Benzecry is an Argentine classical composer.
Tomás Marco Aragón is a Spanish composer and writer on music.
Roberto Sierra is a Puerto Rican composer of contemporary classical music.
Xavier Montsalvatge i Bassols was a Spanish composer and music critic. He was one of the most influential music figures in Catalan music during the latter half of the 20th century.
Ricard Lamote de Grignon i Ribas was a Catalan Spanish composer and orchestral conductor.
Juan Trigos is a Mexican composer and conductor who created the "Hemofiction Opera" genre.
Xavier Pagès i Corella is a Catalan-Spanish composer and conductor.
José Luis Turina is a Spanish composer, grandson of Joaquín Turina.
Miguel Ángel Roig-Francolí is a Spanish/American composer, music theorist, and pedagogue. His 1980 Cinco piezas para orquesta, commissioned by Radio Nacional de España and written in a postmodern, neotonal style, won first prize in the National Composition Competition of the Spanish Jeunesses Musicales in 1981 and second prize at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers in 1982, and continues to be widely performed in Spain. His later compositions often have spiritual themes and are based on sacred texts and the melodies of Gregorian chant. In 2016 he won the American Prize in Composition for Perseus, for symphonic band. An expert on Renaissance composers Tomás de Santa María, Antonio de Cabezón, and Tomás Luis de Victoria, he has published numerous scholarly articles and monographs and two textbooks. Roig-Francolí is a Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music Theory and Composition at the University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music.
Roberto Molinelli is an Italian composer, conductor and violist.
Leonora Milà Romeu is a Catalan pianist and composer.
Eduardo Morales Caso, is a Cuban composer.
Miquel Roger Casamada was a Spanish Catalan composer and music producer, who began composing in 1977. He founded the Anacrusi record label and produced several records with soloists, chamber ensembles and orchestras, including the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia.
Salvador Brotons is a Spanish composer, conductor, and flautist.
Joan Guinjoan i Gispert was a Catalan composer and pianist.
Eduardo Soutullo is a Spanish composer who began his musical education at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Vigo. Later, he moved to Madrid and to Paris completing his studies in Harmony and Composition with Isabelle Duha
