It’s a great pleasure to be guest composer as part of the Musicahora Festival in La Serena, Chile taking place during the first week of September. I am looking forward to the premiere of my work sonic transformations for two guitars by Diego Castro and Erik Marroquin two amazing guitarists as part of the festival as well as a performance of my work una luz en la neblina distante for oboe and percussion by the Dibujos ensemble. Also looking forward to presenting lectures about my work and participating on panels. Should be a great week. More

la vida que vendrá recently released by Loadbang on New Focus Recordings was included on the July 7, 2024 Flotation Device show. You can listen to the show here

My latest portrait album la vida que vendrá featuring the Loadbang Ensemble was released on New Focus Recordings on May 24. The album features 5 of my works including 4 works for soloist and fixed media as well as an acoustic work for the ensemble. You can listen on bandcamp here

Really fortunate to be able to start a scholarship for future FIU Music Composition students interested in Cuban Culture.

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I am very much looking forward to 3 weeks in August at the Visby Centre for Composers (VICC) in the town of Visby located on the island of Gotland off of the coast of Sweden. I will be composing a new work for stellar mezzo soprano Rachel Calloway and the excellent Amernet string quartet for premiere in January. More about VICC here

Looking forward to my work as faculty and director of the inaugural Gingold Chamber Music Festival Composition Institute. The Festival runs from July 10 – 30 at Barry University in Miami. Joining me are Chen Yi and Chinary Ung and a group of very talented composers. The festival also boasts some incredibly talented students and a performance faculty headed by virtuoso violinist Andres Cardenas. More here

I was extremely pleased with the premiere performances in Mexico City of my work imagenes de viento, llluvia, y sonidos cristalizados, performed by the Orquesta de Camara de Bellas Artes, classical guitarist Jaime Marquez, and artistic director Luis Manuel Sanchez conducting at the Sala Manuel Ponce in the Palacio de Bellas Artes on June 22 with a repeat performance on June 25 at the Sala Silvestre Revueltas in the Conservatorio Nacional. A big thanks to them and to maestro Ludwig Carrasco for his interest and support for the project. The performances were exceptional and the audience response was extremely positive. More

It was a great pleasure to spend time in the writers room at the Betsy Hotel on Ocean Drive the first week of March. The residency allowed me the time to complete the new work for String Noise Duo being premiered by them as part of the New Music Miami Festival on April 5 and subsequently in NYC. Very grateful for the opportunity at a wonderful place to work.More here

a gamelan in the distance performed by Chen-Hui Jen was aired on WUSF/WSMR’s Modern Notebook program featuring host Tyler Kline. The music was part of the September 11th evening edition. The recording by Chen-Hui Jen is available on bandcamp here