Biography
Born
in Buenos Aires in
1953. Musical studies in Argentina principally with Salvador Ranieri
(analysis
and contemporary composing techniques) and Enrique Gerardi (concrete
and
electroacoustic music). Since 1989 made electroacoustic and mixed
music his
specialty, and worked with Enrique Belloc taking part of several real
time
electroacoustic and mixed music composition and performing groups. In
1993 he attended a Stage on Real Time computer assisted composition
with Patchwork and Chant software applications at the IRCAM (Paris)
and on the same year he
worked with Belloc in the carrying out of
the new Laboratory of Electroacoustic Music at the National
University of Rosario
(Argentina).
He
develops an intense activity in the Department of Humanities and Arts
of the National University of Lanús as Professor and Researcher at the
Humanities and Arts Department at
the UNLa - National University of Lanús (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
where he
is also Director of the CEPSA (ResearchCenter
for Studies
in Sonic and Audiovisual Arts),
and from 2000 to 2014 co-Artistic Director of the Acousmatic
and
Multimedia Festival
“Sonoimágenes”. He's been also Professor at
the University of Tres de Febrero (Electronic
Arts Degree Career), University of Belgrano (Cinema,
Radio and Television Degree Career), and also taught for many years
electroacoustic composition at the
"Julian Aguirre" Conservatory, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires City,
where he founded the Electroacoustic Laboratory in 1998. In 2002
he was invited by the University of La Serena
(Chile) for a
residence as Professor at the courses for educational qualification
and
improvement in electroacoustic music.
He
is a member of the Argentine Electroacoustic Music Federation and is
also
an associated composer and researcher at the LIPM (Music Research and
Production
Laboratory) at the Recoleta Cultural Centre in Buenos Aires, where he
attended the the
courses on computer assisted sound generation and
composition using Csound software by
Riccardo
Bianchini (Santa Caecilia Conservatory, Rome)
from 1995 to 2000. Also in 2000 at the Alliance
Française in
Buenos Aires attended the Stage “Acousmatic Music - From Support to
Space" taught by Francis Dhomont (University of Montreal,
Canadá).
In 1983 completed his Degree at the
Buenos Aires University where he studied Economics and Computer
Systems.
He
was awarded with various prizes, distinctions and honorary mentions,
such as: Buenos
Aires
City Composition Prize (biennium 1996/97) conceded by the B.A.City
Government for his electroacoustic work "Intramuros II";
National
Composers’
Electroacoustic Rostrum Prize, CAMU-UNESCO 1994 for "Seine
sans e"; National
Composers’
Rostrum Honorary Mention CAMU-UNESCO 1987 for "A la Noche II";
Ibermusicas
Prize (1916) for a composition residency at the CMMAS in Morelia
(Mexico), held in November 2017; Ars
Contemporanea Prize (1978) for "Balada"; Career Trajectory Prize in
Music (2019) awarded by APA Argentine Award Winning Artists
association.
Invited by the GRM (Groupe de Recherches Musicales) he composed three works for them: in 1993 “Seine sans e” (National Rostrum award 1994) and two commissioned works: “Espejos Virtuales” in 1994 and "Fantasmas Urbanos" in 2006, the first premiered in March 1996 at the Cycle Acousmatique and the second premiered at the Cycle Multiphonies in May 2006, both at the salle Olivier Messiaen, Maison de Radio France in Paris.
In 2004 with the support of the British Academy he was invited by the Sonic Arts Network (British Association for the Sonic Arts) as keynote speaker at the annual Conference and Festival "Soundcircus" organized at the De Montfort University, Leicester (UK), there he also gave a masterclass and presented some of his works in their concerts. Also in 2004 he gave Seminars at the London Metropolitan University and the London City University.
He is one of the Founder Members of the RedASLA (Latinamerican Network for the Sonic Arts), that was created in January 2005 at the Contemporary Music Festival organized by the University of Chile in Santiago.
Almost all of his works have been premiered in Argentina and abroad, and he’s been invited to present them at different International Conferences, Research Centers, Festivals and Concert Series around the world. They were performed at different editions of the International Festival “Synthèse” in Bourges, France, organized by the “Institut International de Musique Electroacoustique”; at the "Visiones Sonoras" Festivals 2006 and 2013 organized by the CMMAS (Mexican Centre for the Music and Sonic Arts), at the UNAM (Mexico Autonomous University) and the CMMAS concert halls (Morelia, México); at the Skinnskattenerg/Uttersberg Festival 1997 organized by the EMS Studio at Stockholm; at the XII Computer Art Festival, Padova; at the 1999, 2000 and 2001 editions of the "Florida Annual Electroacoustic Music Festival" (University of Florida, Gainesville-USA), and at the "Unbalanced Connection" concerts organized by the same University; at the "ACMA’98" Annual Conference of the Australasian Computer Music Association (Canberra School of Music, Canberra-Australia); at the "EuCuE" 1998 Concerts (University of Concordia, Montreal-Canadá); at the Electroacoustic Sound Gallery within the frame of the “All Arts Festival and Composers Forum” (University of North Texas, USA) 1999; at the en la III BIMESP - Sao Paulo, Brazil 2000; in 2001 at the City University of New York (CUNY- Queens College) and the Florida International University, USA; at the "EMUFest" festivals 2009, 2012 and 2014 at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory, Rome (Italy); in 2017 at the Colloquium "Multiphonie/Stéréophonie: Penser, construire et partager l'espace", Musiques & Recherches, Brussells (Belgium); in 2012 and 2017 he gave Seminars and presented concerts at the Phonos Foundation, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona (Spain); his works were also performed at the "XV Festival de la Imagen" 2016, University of Caldas, Manizales (Colombia); at the Festival "Monaco Electroacoustique 2017" (Mónaco); at the Festivals SIME 2016 & 2017, University of Lille III (France); at the Cycle "Concerti di studio di primavera" 2018, University of Rome "Tor Vergata" (Italy); at the International Festival FIME 2017, Kirchner Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires; regularly at various concerts in the Octophonic Hall of the LIPM, Recoleta Cultural Centre in Buenos Aires; and also at many other manifestations held in Argentina, The Netherlands, Equator, Brazil, Chile, United States and the Czech Republic.
His writings are published among others by the UNLa (Escritos de Audiovision and En el Limite magazines), Cambridge University Press (Organised Sound magazine); the EMS-network.org (Conference EMS'09 Proceedings); the University of Uberlandia, Brazil (ouvirOUver magazine); Ed. Ariel (Madrid); and his music edited by the National Edowment for the Arts of Argentina, the National Music Council (CAMU), the RedASLA, the University of Tennessee (USA), and also by the labels Cosentino Records (Buenos Aires), Pogus (New York, U.S.A.); CMMAS (Mexico) and Elektrons (Stockholm).