Rodolfo Acosta

Rodolfo Acosta R. (born 1970) is a Colombian composer, performer, improviser and professor of music. Biography Born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1970, Acosta studied music theory and composition in Colombia, Uruguay, France, U.S.A., Mexico and the Netherlands, at institutions such as G.M.E.B., Fondation Royaumont, STEIM and Berklee College of Music. Among his most influential teachers are Coriún Aharonián, Graciela Paraskevaídis, Klaus Huber and Brian Ferneyhough. Acosta's compositions have received prizes and other recognitions at national and international levels. His music - both acoustic and electroacoustic - has been presented in some thirty countries of the Americas, Europe and Asia, has been published in score form by El Mercurio magazine, Matiz Rangel Editores, the Ministry of Culture of Colombia and the Francisco José de Caldas District University, and on CD by Editorial Musical Sur, ACME (Colombian Association for Electroacoustic Music), Quindecim Recordings, IDCT (District Institute of Culture and Tourism), the Colombian-French Alliance, the FJC District University and the Secretariat of Culture, Recreation and Sports, the Ministry of Culture of Colombia, La Distritofónica, CCMC (Colombian Contemporary Music Circle), as well as independent productions.