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I studied the shakuhachi in Japan under Kaoru Kakizakai getting my shakuhachi master’s degree, shakuhachi shihan, there in 2004. Later completed a bachelor’s degree in ethnomusicology in Barcelona, Spain. On January 2022 I submitted my thesis for a European doctorate in ethnomusicology with the title “Aesthetics of sound in Japanese hōgaku. Ethnomusicology and Artistic Research in dialogue.” The output of the research process included a manuscript, a thirty minutes audio-visual documentary on the transdisciplinary artistic creation process and the performative piece created through that same process. As a performer I work on Japanese classical/traditional music, free improvised music, transdisciplinary creation (especially with dance) and western classical contemporary music. As a researcher I work on issues related to aesthetics of sound in different forms of japanese music, artistic creation (with focus on the transdisciplinary and outside specific music traditions) and the use of audio-visual in research as a tool to create and communicate knowledge. I have recorded 2 solo albums as well as several other collaborations and is acting as soloist for the Spanish National Orchestra for the premier of Desert, concert for shakuhachi and orchestra in June 2019. On 2017 I have curated the yearlong exhibition ‘Eolssigu! The Sounds of Korea’ for the Barcelona Music Museum, edited a book with the same title with authors such as Dr. Keith Howard and Dr. Simon Mills among others and created all the audio-visual materials with Ariadna Pujol. Currently I am associate professor at the musicology department at the Catalonia College of Music (Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya), and coordinator of their Asian Music Program.

Summary reel of my artistic projects: https://youtu.be/5cGqx81CQHU

Website in English and Spanish: http://www.shakuhachi.es/en/homepage.html

Grupo de Investigação: Etnomusicologia e Estudos em Música Popular