Iris Sanguesa de Ichasso (née Sanguesa Hinostroza) (born March 3, 1933), known as Iris Sangüesa, is a Chilean composer, pianist and percussionist defined as the first composer in electronic music in her country.
Sanguesa was born in Osorno, Chile. She graduated from the Chilean National Conservatory in Santiago in 1959 and received a fellowship to study at the Torcuato Di Tella InstituteâÂÂs CLAEM (Centro Latinamericano de Altos Estudios Musicales) in Buenos Aires from 1967 to 1968, becoming one of the first women to study at the prestigious institution.
At CLAEM, she composed several multimedia pieces and her teachers included Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, German Berner, Jorge Canelo, Augustin Cullel, Alberto Ginastera, Flora Guerra, and Herminia Raccagni.
Sanguesa lived in Argentina from 1985 to 2001, before returning to Chile where she taught at various institutions in Santiago.
In 2024, the Department of Music at the University of Chile paid tribute to her as "the first Chilean composer in electronic music."