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SOUND ARTIST
Eclectic musician, cellist and composer, he writes music with endless curiosity in very different musical styles and environments such as contemporary music for the stage, soundtracks for films, animation films, world music, flamenco, music for dance, for theater, electronic and electro-acoustic music.
He is currently lecturer at SAE Institute Madrid (Middlesex University), freelance composer and cellist.
EDUCATION
He studied cello and composition with some of the finest educators in Spain, The Netherlands, Belgium and the US such as Jeroen D’hoe (Belgium) and David Rosenboom (US) among other great masters.
In 2012 he obtains his MFA diploma as a Performer-Composer in California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Los Angeles, California (US).
In 2010 he graduates in Composition with Honors at the Utrecht Conservatorium, The Netherlands.
AWARDS
Botes al Amanecer, Cans at Dawn (Composed score in collaboration with Alex Wand):
Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival 2012, EEUU (Best Los Angeles Film)
Chicago Mexican Film Festival 2012, EEUU (Best Short Film)
Reel Rasquache Film Festival 2012, EEUU (Best short Film).
Cahuenga: People of the Hill (Composed score in collaboration with Paul Matthis):
PAH-Fest Christopher Coppola Los Angeles 2012, EEUU (Best Soundtrack y Best Short Film)
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS, EXHIBITIONS AND IMPORTANT EVENTS
Summer 2016: Artist in residence at SeMA Nanji (Seúl Museum of Art)
Remixing Timespace (Original soundtrack): Presented in Leeum, Samsung Museum (Seoul, South Korea) the months of May, June and july of 2016
VOID: Dance piece presented in South Africa: TUT University (Pretoria) and Detours Festival (Johanesburg) in May 2016
Recording of the Toyota (Hybrid Range) commenrcial as a cellist April 2016.
Can (original music soundtrack): Video-dance work awarded in ”321 and AandD” Fiver Festival (International Screendance Movement). Abril 2015.
Toccata for piano solo: Finalist in the Alba Rosa Vietör Composition Competition, The Netherlands, (Septiembre 28th 2014)
Retama: In the “European Video Dance Heritage” as part of the soundtrack of the film: Screen dance "R.G.B." by Belen Iniesta. Presented in:
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (May 31st and June 5th and 6th. 2014)
Biennale de la Danse de Lyon, France (September 2014)
Body/Mind Contemporary Dance Festival de Warsaw, Poland (September 2014)
Festival de Praga, República Checa (October 2014)
In Shadow Festival, Lisboa, Portugal (November 2014)
Festival de Porto, Portugal (April 2015)
A Story of Elusive Snow (original music soundtrack in collaboration with Christoffer Schunk):
Images Festival, Toronto, Canada (April 2015)
The National Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art Seoul’s Cinematheque: “Cinematic Divergence” 2013 (Seoul, Korea). 영화상영안내:영화적 발산
Who Rules the Earth (Original song “Sylvia’s garden”)
Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2014, EEUU (Official Selection)
Hawaii Ocean Film Festival, 2014 (Winner, best student film)
Cinema Verde Film and Arts Festival, 2014 (Official Selection)
Lassen Film Festival, 2015 (Official Selection)
Meatloaf (Composed score):
Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, US) – September 2012 - January 2013
Botes al Amanecer, Cans at Dawn (Composed score in collaboration with Alex Wand):
SOHO International Film Festival New York 2013, EEUU (Official Selection)
San Diego Latino Film Festival 2013, EEUU (Official Selection)
Cannes Film Festival 2012, France (Official selection: the Short Film Corner)
HBO N.Y. International Latino Film Festival 2012, EEUU (Official Selection)
Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival 2012, EEUU (Award: Best Los Angeles film)
Reel Rasquache Film Festival 2012, EEUU (Award: Best short)
Chicago Mexican Film Festival 2012, EEUU (Award: Best Short Film)
San Diego Film Festival 2012, EEUU (Official Selection)
New Filmmakers Los Angeles Festival 2012, EEUU (Official selection)
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2012, EEUU (Official selection)
Cine Sol Film Festival Texas, EEUU (Official selection)
Cahuenga: People of the Hill (Composed score in collaboration with Paul Matthis):
PAH-Fest Los Angeles 2012, EEUU (Best soundtrack and best short award)
Plus Ultra: (Composed score and electronic sound design)
D.C. Shorts Film Festival 2013, EEUU (Official Selection).
Uncertainty Principle (Toccata for piano solo, Music Editor):
Off Site Film: LACMA9 Shorts Program 2014, Los Angeles (US)
Edinburgh Film Festival 2013, Scotland (Official selection)
Pummel Nankeen (Composed score):
Australian International Animation Festival Newcastle 2012, Australia (Official selection)
Platform International Animation Festival 2012, Los Angeles, EEUU (Official selection).
Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF) 2012, EEUU (Official selection: The CalArts Legacy: Experimental Animation Program)
Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2012, France (Official selection)
Animafest Zagreb 2012, Croatia (Official selection)
Melbourne International Animation Festival 2012, Australia (Official selection)
Australian International Animation Festival 2012 Wagga Wagga (Official selection)
Animayo International Animation Festival 2012, Spain (Official selection)
PACT Zollverein 2011, Essen, Germany: CalArts experimental animation retrospective selection.
Lois the Loris (Composed score):
Academy of Arts And Science: The Producer’s Show 2011, EEUU (Official selection).
