CDMC. History

The CDMC was founded in 1983 by the composer, Luis de Pablo, who felt an urgent need to continue the rich but fragmentary initiatives of the 1960's and 1970's in which he played a prominent role and which brought to Madrid and other parts of Spain the main trends known at that time as cutting-edge or contemporary music (who could ever forget Alea in the 1960's or the legendary Meetings of Pamplona in 1972?).

It was Javier Solana, in his capacity as Minister for Culture during the first Socialist Government, who commissioned De Pablo to organise a series of musical activities in support of the unprotected field of musical creation. Between 1983 and 1985, the incipient CDMC offered two intense seasons, a period that concluded when Luis de Pablo was obliged to retire from organisational activities due to health reasons.

Tomás Marco took up the baton in 1985, turning the original idea into a stable department attached to the Ministry of Culture. Marco established the legal framework and remained at the head of the CDMC for nearly a decade. Throughout this period, the Centre acquired the characteristics and resources that it possesses today. We might highlight the founding of the Music Festival of Alicante (1985) and the Laboratory for Computer-Based and Electronic Music, LIEM (1989).

Subsequently, José Luis García del Busto also joined the management of the Centre (as assistant to Tomás Marco for a number of years, but with full responsibilities), as did Jesús Villa Rojo, Consuelo Díez and, as of February 2001, Jorge Fernández Guerra.

Ministerio de Cultura. Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música

Centro para la Difusión de la Música Contemporánea

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CDMC. History