I am a guitar player, composer and improviser. Over the years I have had the opportunity to play in many different contexts, experimenting with different dimensions of sound that have stimulated my imagination and introduced new elements to pull from during the creative process.

I am fascinated by music writing, performance, and finding a way of making music happen that is both curious, fun, unpredictable and simple for me. So, after a series of events and encounters during my journey, I began to imagine sound as a material to be explored, shaped, and through which I could evoke images, visions, words, intuitions, feelings, passions, movements, and perceptions that would lead to the manifestation of unexpected worlds on sound.

My work as a composer has recently begun to materialise as it has gone through and continues to go through a constant and continuous process of human and therefore musical maturation.

I recently started to design and produce the artwork of my publications

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Selected Works

  • SOLO — Asombras
    A sequence for electric distorted guitar and tools. An exploration of shadow sounds and textural densities....
  • SOLO — Improvisation for solo electric clean guitar
    A pure exploration of clean electric guitar tones, resonances, and harmonic spaces....
  • SOLO — Impromptu for electric guitar, distortions and tools
    An impromptu exploring the raw power of distorted guitar with external tools and objects....
  • SOLO — Nocturne
    A long nocturne divided into parts, created using electric guitar improvisations recorded years ago and manipulated toda...
  • SOLO — From 0
    A Fantasia for solo electric guitar divided in 4 parts. Starting from silence and building a world of sound....
  • DUET — Trip(e)
    An improvisation for rhodes, synth, electric guitar and effects that explores the tactile possibilities of sound, painti...
  • DUET — Sequence for alto sax and electric guitar
    A dialogue between alto saxophone and electric guitar, exploring extended techniques and spatial soundscapes...