Edith Alonso

Edith Alonso Sánchez (born 1974 in Madrid) is a Spanish composer, improviser, pianist, sound artist and academic who has been involved in the creation of an experimental electronic style that incorporates spoken word, musical sound and visual imagery. She has received a number of awards for her work. Life and education Alonso was born in 1974 in Madrid. As a child, she studied classical music and learned to play the piano, and later the saxophone and guitar. Following her thesis defense, she was awarded the Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique (SACEM) prize. She was also given grants from the French Ministry of Research and the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She co-founded Campo de Interferencias, a Spanish non-profit dedicated to promoting sound art in Spain. Alonso, along with Anthony Maubert, developed the musical style Radical dB, a style of electronica that incorporated musical sound, spoken word and visual imagery in 2007. That year, the duo did extensive out outreach to teach others about electronica and Radical dB across Spain. Their outreach included organizing concerts with several musical styles, running interdisciplinary evens with other artist