It is the destiny of western music to build upon what came before, despite its constant ruptures, especially since the 20th century, when harmony underwent an explosion that is still going on. Even so, the extraordinary thing is that its propositions are always new, language upon language, forms of sound abstraction that stretch to distinct, bold forms of expression. Music’s capacity for invention is one of the most exciting of cultural phenomena. The Encuentros increasingly host figures who are protagonists of this surprising future, leading names that are already part of the history of sound art, people whose resonance has already reached us.