Hector Bravo Benard
Originally from Mexico City, he studied philosophy and music at the University of Victoria (Canada), and later at the Xenakis Centre (France), the Institute of Sonology and the Royal and Rotterdam Conservatories (Netherlands), the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the University of Washington’s DXARTS Center (USA), and the University of Birmingham (UK), where he received his Ph.D. He composes sound-based music for acoustic instruments, live electronics, and fixed media, with a focus on timbral and spatial elements, and natural phenomena such as non-linear dynamical systems. Some of his main teachers over the years include Agostino Di Scipio, Julio Estrada, Scott Wilson, Clarence Barlow, Paul Berg, Gilius van Bergeijk, Joel Ryan, René Uijlenhoet, Carla Scaletti, Michael Longton, Christopher Butterfield, Andrew Schloss, and Alex Dunn. His works have been presented internationally at events such as ICMC, BEAST FEaST, MA/IN, SEAMUS, Ars Electronica, Gaudeamus, NYCEMF, Sonorities Belfast, Espacios Sonoros, ACMA, FIMNME, Sound/Image London, MUSLAB, and the Kyma International Sound Symposium. He currently lives in the Netherlands and Germany, working
as an independent artist, researcher, and music software developer.
https://www.hbbenard.com/
