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Education
Diplomas
2019 • Paris National Conservatory (CNSMDP) — Masters in composition
2018 • IRCAM — Cursus in computer and music technology
2016 • CRR de Boulogne-Billancourt — DEM in instrumental and electroacoustic music
2014 • Schola Cantorum de Paris — Premier prix in analysis
2013 • Schola Cantorum de Paris — Premier prix in orchestration
2012 • École Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot — Diplôme supérieur in Composition
2010 • Puerto Rico Conservatory of music — Bachelors in Music composition — Summa Cum Laude
2009 • Puerto Rico Conservatory of music — "Minor" in piano performance
Summer Festivals
2016 • Darmstadt Ferienkurse für Neue Musik — Individual lessons and workshops in composition with Beat Furrer, Brian Ferneyhough, and Rebecca Saunders
2013 • IRCAM Manifest, Paris, FR
2010 • Primer Congreso Puertorriqueño de Creación Musical, San Juan, PR
2009 • Académie Musicalp, Lyon, FR — Composition lessons with Michel Merlet
• Puerto Rico chamber music festival
2008 • Académie International d’Été de Nice — Composition and analysis courses with Bernard de Crepy
2007 • New York Summer Music Festival, Oneonta, NY (USA) — Composition and conducting courses
2004 • Berkley in Puerto Rico — Jazz improvisation workshop
Other Certificates
2014 • International Baccalaureate — Certified teacher
Honours & Awards
2024 • Honourable Mention at the OSSIA New Music: 2023-2024 International Call for Scores, Eastman school for music, USA
2023 • Emerging Composer Award, from Musiqa Houston, USA
2022 • Pierre Cardin prize, from the Académie des beaux-arts, France
• Winner of Boston New Music Initiative's 10th Annual Commissioning Competition, USA
• Transient Canvas composition fellowship, USA
• Winner of 1900+ Call for Scores, Hayk Melikyan, Armenia
• Honorable Mention at the Duo Signal Call for Scores, Switzerland
• Honorable Mention at the OSSIA New Music: 2021-2022 International Call for Scores, Eastman school for music, USA
2021 • Grand Prize, Ise-Shima Art Committee, Japan
• Alain Louvier Prize, 9th International Composition Competition of the City of Boulogne-Billancourt
• Martirano Award (1st prize), University of Illinois, USA
• First prize at the International Electroacoustic Music Competition Iannis Xenakis, Contemporary Music Lab, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Semi-finalist at Kaleidoscope Call for Scores, USA
2020 • First prize at the International Composition Competition “New Classics”, Moscow Conservatory, Russia
• Finalist at Classic Pure Vienna Composition Competition, Austria
• Honorable Mention at the Luigi Nono International Composition Competition, Italy
2018 • Meyer Foundation Laureate, France
• Banque Populaire Foundation Laureate, France
2017 • Macari Lepeuve prize (sous l’égide de la Fondation de France)
2015 • Semi-finalist at the Maurice Ravel International Composition Competition, Italy
2011 • Zalesky Foundation Laureate, France
2010 • Roberto I. Feldman Prize, Puerto Rico
• Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music Composition Prize
2009 • PROGRESA (Academic Excellence prize from the Puerto Rico Government)
2008 • PROGRESA (Academic Excellence prize from the Puerto Rico Government)
• Artist Prize from the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music
• Artist Prize from the Ponce Municipality, Puerto Rico
2007 • Artist Prize from the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music
• New York Summer Music Festival scholarship (USA)
Commissions and artistic projects
2023 • commission from the Eau Gallie Arts District Main Street, Inc., piece for string orchestra
• commission from The University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory and the Mizzou New Music Initiative, piece for flute solo
• commission from Boston New Music Initiative, piece for piano
2022 • commission from Transient Canvas, piece for bass clarinet and marimba
• commission for Chaire Supersonique, partnership between IRCAM (Centre Pompidou) and the École Supérieur des Beaux Arts de Paris • sound installation
• commission from Li-chin Li, piece for Sheng
2021 • commission from L'instant Donné ensemble, Paris, FR • Débris d'instant furtifs for bass clarinet, viola and percussion
2020 • commission from Le Mée-sur-Seine Conservatory, FR • pedagogic pieces for guitar and guitar ensemble ( Cuaderno de guitarra and 3 pieces for ensemble)
2019 • commission from Centre National de Création Musicale (GRAME), Lyon, FR • NebuloRitmia for electronic devices with 6 interpreters
2017 • commission from CEFEDEM de Normandie & Mai Toyama, FR • Desnudo for saxophone alto solo
• commission from Garches Conservatory, FR • 2 pedagogic pieces, Acople, ou la simplicité du geste for 3 clarinets in B-flat and Kaleidosroloi for grand piano
2009 • commission from Ars Vocalis, PR • Majestad Negra for mixed choir
• commission for the film «Pasaje» ( project « Voces de la Infancia ») • Puerto Rico film corporation and the Ricky Martin Foundation (Film premiered at the festival de Cannes)
2008 • commission from SUSAN G. COMEN fondation & JWT • orchestral piece
Professional Experiences
Teaching
2020 ... • SAE Institute (in partnership with the University of Paris campus Gustave Eiffel), Aubervilliers, FR — Professor of composition and arrangement, computer assisted composition, harmony, orchestration and direction artistique
2018 - 2021 • Académie Inter Musicale de Paris — Professor of piano and solfège
2013 - 2021 • Victor Hugo International Bilingual School, Paris, FR — Professor of International Baccalaureate and IGCSE : Ensure management of individual and group lessons (piano, analysis, écriture, composition, musical history and culture, Solfège, New Technologies), development of training plans to teach course content in accordance with the program, elaboration of the general musical curriculum, support for pupils and advice concerning their professional orientation, assessment of pupils' skills; accompanying pianist
2016 • SAE Institute (in partnership with Middlesex University), Aubervilliers, FR — Professor of Musical Culture
2011 - 2013 • Allegro Musique, Paris, FR — Individual Piano lessons
2007 - 2010 • Academia MusikArt, Puerto Rico — Music teacher — Ensuring the teaching of individual and group lessons (piano and solfège), development of the academy's curriculum
Residencies, Workshops and Conferences
April 7, 2023 • Conference & interview at UMKC Composer's Forum (University of Missouri - Kansas City Conservatory)
July 7, 2022 • Lecture at Pro Arte Musical (Puerto Rico)
2021 - 2022 • Residence/workshop with ensemble l'Instant Donné and composer George Aperghis (Paris)
October 2021 • Composition lecture at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
March-April 2021 • Composition lecture at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music
2019 - 2020 • Conservatoire du Mée-sur-Seine — Composer in Residence
2019 - 2020 • Lyon University, campus Saint-Etienne — Invited Composer — Animating computer music workshops, educational and artistic supervision
Pedagogical Experiences as a Composer
2021 • Boulogne-Billancourt Conservatory, 9th International Composition Competition of the City of Boulogne-Billancourt, France — pedagogical piece for baroque ensemble
2019 - 2020 • Centre Nationale de création Musicale (GRAME ), in partnership with the Université de Lyon — Pedagogical piece written for L2 students
2019 • Mée-sur-Seine Conservatory, France — Composer in residence — Pedagogical pieces for guitar
2017 • Garches Conservatory, France — Composer in residence — Various Pedagogical pieces
Experience as accompanying pianist and conductor
2013 - 2021 • École Internationale Bilingue, Paris — accompanying pianist (during final exams and student recordings) and ensemble conductor
2021 • CRR Boulogne-Billancourt — Conductor (during the 9th International Composition Competition of the City of Boulogne-Billancourt)
2019 • Ensemble Dai Contemporain, CNSMD Paris — conductor
2008 • Revive la Música, Puerto Rico — Chamber orchestra conductor
2008 - 2010 • Camerata Caribeña, Puerto Rico — accompanying pianist
Coordination and management
2020 - 2021 • UCAS Coordination — ICS Victor Hugo, Paris, France
Publications
2023 • Sonidos, tecnología e identidad: una conversación con Luis Quintana, interview with Noel Torres, published in Sonus litterarum (Mexico)
• Nueve bagatelas sobre la brevedad, published in Revista Musiké (Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music)
2021 • Rencontres nationales sur les recherches en musique : article «Nebuloritmia : une expérience de pédagogie/recherche/création sur la composition musicale et les nouvelles lutheries à l’université Lyon/Saint-Etienne», co-written with Laurent Pottier, maître de conférence à l’université Jean Monnet
• Various scores published in Babel Scores -- since 2019
Music Softwares
• Proficient in : Pro Tools, Max Msp, Sibelius, AudioSculpt and Sound Studio
• Skills on : Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Reaper, Audacity, ModalLisp, MuseScore, Pure Data, Open Music, iZotope…