biographical note


Venezuelan composer and performer. Symphony orchestras, ensembles and soloists have programmed his works. He has received several international awards.

Solo recitals playing his own compositions and improvisations on piano, English concertina, homemade instruments and electronic media are unique and greeted with enthusiasm by an appreciative audience.

Born in Caracas on January, 1956.

He has been composing music for more than 40 years. As part of his Piano graduation program his piece Irrelevance (music theater for solo piano, 1976) was accepted as the obligatory piece by a venezuelan composer and his electronic music piece Our culture vegetates (also from 1976) is featured in the Latin American Electroacoustic Music Catalogue at the Fondation Daniel Langlois.

Since 1990 he has been teaching composition, orchestration and electronic music at the Universidad Experimental de Arte (UNEARTE) in Caracas, Venezuela. He has also taught music courses at the Simón Bolívar University (music masters degree) and the Simón Bolívar Conservatory.

From 1971 to 1973 he was a member of the Experimental Youth Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela playing piano, celesta and minor percussion.

On January, 1979 he graduated Electronic Engineer (top of his class) from the Simón Bolívar University and completed his Master's Degree in Music Composition at the same university in 2004.

He plays piano, English concertina (a small button accordion), found objects, homemade instruments of his own design built with scraps and hardware store materials, and also works with free and open source computer programs (music scores, sound, video and graphics).

His works include symphony music, a children’s opera, concertos, chamber music, solo piano music, songs, choir music, incidental music for dance, films and TV documentaries, electronic and experimental music, video art, sound poetry and works for voluntary audience participation. He has also written original scripts, libretti, lyrics, plays and poetry.

His creative work has received twenty national and four international awards.

He has featured in solo recitals and as a soloist with symphony orchestras and chamber ensembles, mostly performing his own work. He also lectures and conducts workshops on diverse topics related to his work.

He is married, has a son and lives in Caracas, Venezuela.