HUGO MORALES MURGUIA

ABOUT

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Composer and Sound Artist

Focused on alternative models for sound generation in music composition by working the bounderies between traditional instruments, instrumental found objects, performance techniques and DIY technologies

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NEWS

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Update: January 2026


Working on the music for the new movie by director Carlos Reygadas






AGENDA

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May 28

Alpha 2.0, aim training routines for harpsichord and video

Goska Isphording

Korzo

Den Haag, Netherlands


April 24

Picture, for electronically prepared ensemble

Black Pencil Ensemble

Electric Delights

Breda, Netherlands


April 10

Plektron, for harpsichord and cajón

Goska Isphording

Tallinn Harpsichord Festival

Tallinn, Estonia


March 14

Premiere: Labour 4B - for 8 amplified vibrators and 4 musicians

Phobia I-II-III

Ensemble New Music Tallinn

Tallinn, Estonia


March 2-6

Workshop: Visible Electromagnetism, Sound-Music and Agency

Composition, Art Science and Sonology Departments, Royal Conservatory The Hague

The Hague, Netherlands


February 24

Alpha 2.0, aim training routines for harpsichord and video

Goska Isphording

De Link

Den Bosch, Netherlands


February 20

Plektron, for harpsichord and cajón

Goska Isphording

Elgar Concert Hall

Birmingham, United Kingdom


February 13

Migrations for reed quintet and motorized hunting calls

Splinter Reeds

The Lab

San Francisco, United States


January 17

Vortices Generated in Fluids such as Air, for ensemble and local electronics

ASCOLTA

Festival Frakzionen

Bielefeld, Germany


2025


November 23

150pF for body capacitance and amplification system

Bocina for amplified speaker  

Etude of Propulsion for 5 jumpers and keyboard

Ensemble New Music Tallinn

NAXOS Hallenkonzerte

Frankfurt, Germany


November 23

Picture, for electronically prepared ensemble

Black Pencil Ensemble

Electric Delights

Almere, Netherlands


November 21

Premiere:  New piece for reed quintet and motorized hunting calls

Splinter Reeds

Cornell University

New York, United States


November 19

Alpha 2.0, aim training routines for harpsichord and video

Goska Isphording

Orgelpark

Amsterdam, Netherlands


November 19

Talk: Introductory talk to Mipgrationsfor reed quintet and motorizied unting calls

Splinter Reeds

Cornell University

New York, United States


October 25

Talk: Resistencia Lúdica, Composición Orientada a Objetos y Música Material

Sala Adamo Boari Palacio de Bellas Artes

Foro Interancional de Música Nueva

Ciudad de México, Mexico


October 21

Alpha 2.0, aim training routines for harpsichord and video

Goska Isphording

Festival Internacional de Música Nueva

Ciudad de México, Mexico


October 18

Phobia 1: Battucatta

Tambor Fantasma

Festival Internacional Cervantino

Guanajuato, Mexico


October 18

Premiere: Balizaje, for 8 photovoltaic beacons and 4 signaling musicians

Tambor Fantasma

Festival Internacional Cervantino

Guanajuato, Mexico


October 17

Picture, for electronically prepared ensemble

Black Pencil Ensemble

Electric Delights

's-Hertogenbosh, Netherlands


October 2

Picture, for electronically prepared ensemble

Black Pencil Ensemble

International Pharos Contemporary Music Festival

Niscosia, Chipre


August 24

Phobia 1: Battucatta

Tambor Fantasma

Arthaus Concert Hall

Buenos Aires, Argentina


August 24

Phobia 1: Battucatta

Tambor Fantasma

Arthaus Concert Hall

Buenos Aires, Argentina


August 20

Lecture: Music Hacking

Conservatorio Superior de Música Manuel de Falla

Buenos Aires, Argentina


July 24

Torque for motor propelled harp

Milana Zaric

Electroclass Salvi Harps

Ghedini Conservatory of Cuneo

Cuneo, Italy


June 26

Vortices Generated in Fluids Such as Air, for ensemble and local electronics

Ascolta Ensemble

KONTAKTE Festival

Akademie der Künste

Berlin, Germany


June 7

Alpha 2.0, aim training routines for harpsichord and video

Goska Isphording

Andriessen Festival

Stadstheater Arnhem

Arnhem, Netherlands


June 5

Picture, for electronically prepared ensemble

Black Pencil Ensemble

Weimarer Frühjahrstage

Weimar, Germany


May 18

Picture, for electronically prepared ensemble

Black Pencil Ensemble

Branderburg Festival of New Music: Intersonanzen

Postdam, Germany





May 17

Premiere: Alpha 2.0, aim training routines for harpsichord and video

Goska Isphording

Musica Electronica Nova

Nardowe Forum Muzyki

Wroclaw, Poland


May 8-14

Workshop: Visible Electromagnetism, Sound-Music and Agency

Re-imagine Europe, KONTEJNER

Zagreb, Croatia


April 6

Premiere: Procesión, for orchestra, walking children with objects and percussion quartet (ATMOS version)

Mecánicas Inmersívas

Escuela Superior de Música

Mexico City, Mexico


April 2

Premiere: Picture, for electronically prepared ensemble

Black Pencil Ensemble

Amstelkerk Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands


March 3-7

Workshop: Visible Electromagnetism, Sound-Music and Agency

Composition, Art Science and Sonology Departments, Royal Conservatory

The Hague, Netherlands


2024

Decemeber 17

Tryout: new work for Harpsichord and 2 Nintendos

Harpsichord: Goska Isphording

Festival Audio Art

Kraków, Poland


Decemeber 17

Talk: Soud Creation Systems, Instrumentation and Physcial Sound Processing

Harpsichord: Goska Isphording

The Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków


Kraków, Poland


November 27

Lū for prepared vibraphone

Ensemble Itinéraire

Conservatorie Nina Simone

Romainville, France


November 21

Phobia 1: Battucatta

Tambor Fantasma

Teatro Colón

Buenos Aires, Argentina


November 2

Phobia 1: Battucatta

Trio Zukan

Palladium

Malmö, Sweden


October 4-8

Artist Residency | Public Presentation

Mechanical Garden (work in progress, stage 4)

Aya Susuki, Luz Lassizuk

Walpurgis

Mortsel, Belgium


October 3

"Voltaic Routines for purposeless machines and 2 musicians "

ReConvert

Neubad

Luzern, Switzerland


September 28

Premiere: "Headpulse, for 2 metal wind instruments, harp and harpsichord

Airborne Extended

Reaktor

Vienna, Austria


September 19

"Lū for prepared vibraphone"

Aya Suzuki

Stuk - House for Dance Image and Sound

Leuven, Belgium


September 15

"Forcefield for solar panels"

"Etude of Propulsion for 4 jumpers"

Ensemble New Music Tallinn

Scrapyard Review

Kanuti Guild Hall House of the Blackheads

Tallinn, Estonia


September 14

"Topspin Plasma for 3 musicians, bugzapper rackets and cymbals"

"Forcefield" for solar panels

"Etude of Propulsion for 4 jumpers"

Ensemble New Music Tallinn

Kanuti Guild Hall

Tallinn, Estonia


August 1

"Equid" for 15 jawbones

Q-Sion

Parque Fundidora, Centro de las Artes

Monterrey, Mexico


June 29

"Bocina" for amplified loudspeaker

Variable Axial Flux for 6 ventilators and 3 players

Ensemble New Music Tallinn

Kesklinn

Tallinn, Estonia


June 28

Student Concert: Sound Composition and Creative Technologies

New Music Lab

Royal Conservatory in The Hague

The Hague, The Netherlands


June 10-17

Artist Residency

Mechanical Garden (work in progress, stage 3)

Aya Susuki, Luz Lassizuk

Walpurgis

Mortsel, Belgium


May 6-10

Artist Residency

Mechanical Garden (work in progress, stage 2)

Aya Susuki, Luz Lassizuk

De Bijloke

Gent, Belgium


May 5

Winged Seeds album release: Lū for prepared vibraphone

Aya Suzuki

KRAAK

Brussels, Belgium


April 13

"Pulsión de Muerte" music theater including:

"Fields" for power supplies

"Forcefield" for solar panels

"Phobia-Trauma" for jawbones

"5 Violinized Utensils"

Neopercusión

Sala Trajano

Mérida, Spain


April 9

Lū for prepared vibraphone

Taylor Long

Valley City State University

North Dakota, United States


March 25-29

Artist Residency

Mechanical Garden (work in progress)

Aya Susuki, Luz Lassizuk

Modelo62 Studio

The Hague, The Netherlands


March 24

Lū for prepared vibraphone

Aya Susuki

Botanique

Brussels, Belgium


March 7

Light-Sound-Music final workshop presentation

Electronic Music Studio

Royal Conservatory The Hague

The Hague, The Netherlands





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