STUDIES
2007 - University of California at Berkeley (PhD in Composition)
2000 - 2007 Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (Prof. Eero Hämeenniemi and Veli-Matti Puumala). Master of Music.
1998 - 2000 National Conservatory of Music in Lima, Peru (Prof. Enrique Iturriaga)
MASTERCLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
2010 Domaine Forget in Québec, Canada (Prof. Denys Bouliane, John Rea and Philippe Leroux)
2006 Clapping Music Festival, Finland (Prof. Michael Nyman)
2006 International Course for New Music in Darmstadt, Germany (Prof. H. Lachenmann, T. Hosokawa, B. Furrer, A. Hölszky, M. André, D. Mack, M. Tsangaris)
2005 Villecroze Composition Workshop in France (Prof. Betsy Jolas)
2005, 2002 and 2001 Avanti! Suvisoitto Composition Workshop in Porvoo, Finland (Prof. Magnus Lindberg and Jouni Kaipainen)
2002 Voix Nouvelles Composition Session in Royaumont, France (Prof. Brian Ferneyhough, Jonathan Harvey and Theo Lovendie)
2002 Cesky Krumlov International Composition Classes in Czech Republic (Prof. Marek Kopelent and Philipe Manoury)
2001 Stavanger Symphony Orchestra Composition Workshop in Norway (Prof. Ole Lützow-Holm and Zsolt Nagy)
2001 Time of Music Festival in Viitasaari, Finland (Prof. Klas Torstensson)
FESTIVALS
2010 Tanglewood Music Festival, Massachusetts, USA.
2010 Grant Park Music Festival, Chicago, USA.
2009 Donaueschingen Music Festival. Donaueschingen, Germany.
2008 Aspen Music Festival, Colorado, USA.
2006, 2008, 2010 Darmstadt International Festival of Contemporary Music. Darmstadt, Germany.
2005 ADevantgarde Festival. Munich, Germany.
2004 Lima Contemporary Music Festival. Lima, Peru.
2001, 2004 Musica Nova. Helsinki, Finland.
AWARDS
2009 GEORGES LADD PRIX DE PARIS - University of California at Berkeley (USA)
2008 KRANICHSTEINER MUSIKPREIS - 44th International Course for Contemporary Music, Darmstadt (Germany)
2008 MORTON GOULD YOUNG COMPOSER AWARD - New York (USA)
2008 NICOLA DE LORENZO PRIZE - University of California at Berkeley
2006 ORCHESTRA COMPOSITION AWARD - SävellYS 2006 Composition Competition (Finland)
2006 STIPENDIENPREIS - 43rd International Course for Contemporary Music, Darmstadt (Germany)
2005 HONORABLE MENTION - Irino Composition Prize for Chamber Music (Japan)
2003 FIRST PRIZE - ALEA III 2003 International Composition Competition (USA)
2002 ORCHESTRA PRIZE - CCA International Composition Competition (Taiwan)
MEMBERSHIPS
Grammy (San Francisco Chapter of the Recording Academy) since 2009
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) since 2008
kohoBeat ry (Vice President) since 2006
Suomen Säveltäjät (The Society of Finnish Composers) since 2004
Circomper (Circle of Composers of Peru) since 2001
DISCOGRAPHY
His discography includes two recently released CDs, MUSUQ PERU and INTI, both under the Filarmonika LLC label.