Career
He moved to San Lorenzo de El Escorial when he was 16 years, where he began his education with the musicologist Samuel Rubio. In 1960 he obtained a Cultural Exchange scholarship from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs admitting him to the Advanced Course taught in the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Over the next three years, he studied under Goffredo Petrassi, Bruno Maderna and Boris Porena.
After completing the training he received a Higher Diploma from the Academy and returned to Spain.
In 1967, he participated in the International Masterclass at Darmstadt (Germany) with among others, György Ligeti, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Earle Brown. His professional career began in Madrid with the premier at the Ateneo Auditorium of his work "Improvisation" for chamber ensemble.
His biography, Música, belleza y comunicación, was written by Víctor Andrés Pliego and published by Editorial Complutense in 1994. In Guardo, a secondary school bears his name (Instituto de Educación Secundaria or IES Claudio Prieto).
