Bio

Born into a family of musicians, he grows up surrounded by tango, jazz, classical music, folklore, and rock — an early opening to musical diversity. That diversity feeds an insatiable curiosity, and together they lead him to wonder how music is made, beyond simply performing it. From early childhood, he answers that question by composing his own music.

Formal training follows, in both composition and orchestral conducting — the latter born of a double necessity: to work live with sound material and shape it, and to learn from the great masters of music history, always in a practical, hands-on way. He begins studying composition at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, before moving to Europe to train with teachers such as Martin Matalon, Michael Jarrell, and Hector Parra, and at institutions including the Haute École de Musique de Genève (Switzerland) and IRCAM (Paris). His music sits within a particular genealogy that crosses academic and popular tradition: the minimalism and depth of Steve Reich and Arvo Pärt, the structure of Ligeti, the lyricism of Berio, the alchemy of Bach, the drama of Purcell — and, running beneath all of it, Latin American musics.