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Luis Azcona is a percussionist and contemporary artist from Zaragoza, specialized in Sound Arts and Chamber Music.
He completed his Bachelor's degree at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón, under the guidance of César Peris (graduating with honors in his thesis), and was awarded the Aragonese Extraordinary Prize in 2016. He went on to earn a Master’s in Performance Klassik at the Hochschule der Künste Bern (HKB) with Brian Archinal, graduating with distinction.
Recognized as one of Spain’s most committed young percussionists in the field of new music, Luis has collaborated with renowned composers such as Beat Furrer, Pierluigi Billone, Wojtek Blecharz, Yiran Zhao, Michael Maierhof, and Arturo Corrales. He has also premiered works by composers including A. Bernal, H. Cánovas, L. Azzigotti, V. Garcia, M. Picaporte, Ch. Spitzenstaetter, W. Mukai, C. Olivares, G. Koumará, G. Ragués, and I. Ojeda-García, among others.
In 2021, he was selected to join the prestigious academies of Ensemble Modern (IEMA Klangspuren) and Ensemble Intercontemporain (Ulysses Ensemble).
Luis has performed at some of Europe’s most prominent contemporary music festivals, including Mixtur, Manifeste Paris, Real-Time Festival Bremen, IDKF Stuttgart, IGNM Bern, Festival de Teatro de Mérida, and the Ensems Festival, both as a soloist or chamber musician.
He is an active collaborator with OCAZ Enigma (Zaragoza), Ensemble Plural (Madrid), Crossing Lines Ensemble (Barcelona), Frames Percussion (Barcelona), Schallfeld Ensemble (Graz), Ensemble Lemniscate (Basel), and NEKO3 (Copenhagen). He is also a regular member of Synergein Project (Valencia) and Cuarto de Tono (Zaragoza). In 2022, he co-founded Mejor Sordo with Joel Rico. Since 2025, Mejor Sordo will be part of the Repetidor label.
Currently, Luis also dedicates much of his time to his work as a drummer, both in live performances and studio recordings, which has led him to tour with bands such as Carasueño, Les Conches Velasques, Cloisterout, and Emiliano Montani.
His work has been supported by various foundations, including Ibercaja, Hirschmann, Lyra, Érgata, StockART, E. und C. Burgauer, and Irene Denereaz.