Bio
Flutist, composer, sound artist, researcher, music curator and educator born in Arequipa, Perú, lived several years in Buenos Aires, Argentina, now based in México City.
Works with interest on the hybridization of aesthetics, standing outside specific genres, the search for an own aesthetic vision through a deconstructed approach on his own instrument and musical language; the sonorous re- exploration of the flute, a non traditional approach crafted by his own history as a human being, as an immigrant and as Latin American artist. The axis and core of sound in his music is the search for an identity. His music is built of explosive sounds created with different extended techniques, preparations on the flute, microtonal textures, electronic processing and hyper amplification of the flute, altering it sounds to make microscopic air gestures become big waves of sound. He is constantly focussed on the obsessive study of ways to expand the sound spectrum of the flute. In his music, improvisation and composition are procedures used for the same purpose: the construction of a particular identity and space for expression.
He co directs his record label TVL REC among Violeta García and Carlos Quebrada since 2017. And worked as the Chief Curator of the Lima Jazz Festival (2018 – 2022). He has presented his work in festivals and concert series around the world in places such as Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Perú, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Canada, USA, Belgium, South Africa and more.
Camilo has received awards and scholarships from the National Fund for the Arts of Argentina. Has participated at the OMI International Arts Center Residency as artist in residence in 2016, and also participated at the Yarn/Wire Contemporary Music Festival as a performer/composer in residence at Stony Brook University and the Dimenna Center for Classical Music in Manhattan, New York City, USA, 2022. In 2024, Camilo was Artist in Residency at Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada and also Artist in Residency at Avaloch Farm Music Institute, New Hampshire, USA.
Camilo also works as a sound artist building experimental instruments and sound instal- lations. In 2019 he received the Science, Art and Technology Award from the Museum of Contemporary Art of Lima, Perú, for a sound installation called “Isla de Huacos”. And in October of 2025 he will be presenting his Hydrophonic Glass Flute at the New York Latin American Art Triennalle.
Camilo has played music with and worked on collaborations with artists such as Pauline Oliveros, Christian Lillinger, Elias Stemesseder, Tyshawn Sorey, Brandon Seabrook, Wade Matthews, William Winant, Chris Williams, Jason Nazary, Henry Fraser, Ka Baird, Anaïs Maviel, Cara Stacey, Sales de Baño, Violeta Garcia, Carlos Quebrada, Camila Nebbia, Julián Galay, Javier Bustos, Tizia Zimmerman, Miao Zhao, Chatori Shimizu, Luis Sanz, Sam Weinberg, Joanna Mattrey, Camilo ́s own ensemble “Nicotina es Primavera”, among many others.
