About
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 a freelance composer, cellist and composition for media teacher at "Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón".
En 2018 creates the Seminar about Asian music "Encuentro de Músicas de Asia" in the International University Menéndez Pelayo UIMP.
He was Artist in Residence at SeMA NANJI (Seoul Musem of Art) for the summer 2016.
He was Composer in Residence (guest teacher) in the Utrecht Conservatory (The Netherlands) for the academic year 2013/14.
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.
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.
He has being part of different International Collaborative projects as “A Counterpoint of Tolerance” and the Jakarta Institute of the Arts/Calarts residency collaboration.
In 2012 he creates the “Socio Political Art Collective” as collaborative project inspired on social justice and which aim is to have a constructive resonance in the society.
AWARDS
Panteras (Original Soundtrack): Documentary film by Andoni Canela
Programmer Prize Windscreen International Film Festival 2022
Lodo (Original Soundtrack): Short film by Alessandro Gentile
World-Fest Houston Film Festival (AWARD WINNER)
43 CineFestival San Antonio (AWARD WINNER - BEST FICTIONAL SHORT)
Burbank Int’l Film Festival (AWARD WINNER - TIM BURTON “BURBANK NATIVE” VISIONARY AWARD)
Highland Park Independent Film Festival (AWARD WINNER - AUDIENCE CHOICE & BEST ENSEMBLE CAST)
Official Latino Film Festival (AWARD WINNER - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY JEFF DOLEN, BEST ACTRESS LAURA PATALANO)
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 AND IMPORTANT EVENTS
Entre Montañas (Original soundtrack): Documentary film by Unai Canela, presented at:
Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastian SSIFF 2022
Suncine International Environmental Film Festival 2021 (Barcelona, Spain)
Panteras (Original soundtrack): Documentary film by Andoni Canela, official selection at:
Another Way Film Festival 2021 (Madrid, Spain) - Official Selection
2021 Jackson Wild Summit (United States)
Suncine - International Environmental Film Festival 2021 (Barcelona, Spain)
SICS Santander International Film Festival 2021 (Spain)
Lodo (Original Soundtrack): Short film by Alessandro Gentile
Santa Barbara Int’l Film Festival (WORLD PREMIERE)
Philadelphia Latino Film Festival (EAST COAST PREMIERE)
World-Fest Houston Film Festival (AWARD WINNER)
Dances With Films (LOS ANGELES PREMIERE)
Pasadena Int’l Film Festival (FINALIST)
43 CineFestival San Antonio (AWARD WINNER - BEST FICTIONAL SHORT)
Chroma Int'l Film Festival
Burbank Int’l Film Festival (AWARD WINNER - TIM BURTON “BURBANK NATIVE” VISIONARY AWARD)
LA Indie Film Festival
East LA Film Festival
Highland Park Independent Film Festival (AWARD WINNER - AUDIENCE CHOICE & BEST ENSEMBLE CAST)
Georgia Latino Film Festival (QUARTER FINALIST)
Online Hollywood’s First Time Filmmaker Showcase
CineSol - Brownsville, Texas
Official Latino Film Festival (AWARD WINNER - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY JEFF DOLEN, BEST ACTRESS LAURA PATALANO)
La Vida Es Cortos Film Festival - Houston, Texas (AUDIENCE CHOICE FINALIST)
Garden State Film Festival
A New Normal (Original soundtrack): Augmented reality short film by Asavari Kumar, commissioned by Adobe, official selection at:
Chicago South Asian Film Festival 2020
Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival 2020
Nepal America International Film Festival 2020
Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival 2020
South Asian Film Festival of Montréal 2020
Chicago South Asian Film Festival 2020
Washington DC South Asian Film Festival 2020
Hasekura Proyect (original music in collaboration with Shogo Yoshii), choreography by Satoshi Kudo in collaboration with Lucia Vázquez Madrid, premiered at Teatro Centra de Sevilla (March 2020).
Concert of MadGamelan (tradional indonesian music) in Palacio de Cristal of Madrid, curated by Museo Reina Sofía. October 2018.
Omaggio Dance Company presents several of my compositions for dance at National Center of Performing Arts NCPA – Bombay, India – December. 7th 2017
Bulerías Apócrifas for string quartet and piano presented in Seoul Arts Center IBK 예술의전당 IBK챔버홀 May 31st. 2017
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: “Cinematic Divergence” 2013 (Seoul, Korea).
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).