Full name at birth was Cristóbal Halffter Jiménez-Encina.
Composer, Conductor. Member of a family of musicians, he was considered one of the most representative composers from the Generation of 1951. Halffter obtained the National Prize of Music in 1954 and 1989.
He was a nephew of Ernesto Halffter. He married the Spanish pianist Marita Caro; they had 2 sons and a daughter.
Sources
Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/227526785/cristobal-halffter : accessed 15 June 2021), memorial page for Cristobal Halffter (24 Mar 1930–23 May 2021), Find a Grave Memorial ID 227526785, citing Cementerio de Villafranca del Bierzo, Villafranca del Bierzo, Provincia de León, Castilla y León, Spain.
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