Studies in music theory at the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá and composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. Studies on electroacoustics and computer music in Vienna and Paris.
His output includes instrumental, electroacoustic compositions and cross-disciplinary works. Recent pieces were commissioned by the Mondrian Ensemble, Basel, the ORF Radio Symphonie Orchestra/Wien Modern, the ensemble soyus21, Zurich, and the ensemble XXI jahrhundert, Vienna. His music theater work «Journey to Comala» after «Pedro Páramo» by Juan Rulfo was premiered 2017 in Zurich. Recent editions are published by Universal Edition, Vienna.
He was head of the computer music course (1999–2006) and visiting professor for composition (2006–2007) at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. Since autumn 2007 he is Professor for Electroacoustic Composition and director of the ICST – Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology – at Zurich University of the Arts.
Publications in the fields of composition, theory and aesthetics of electroacoustic music (including notation of spatialisation), artistic research, and performance practice of electroacoustic music. His current research topics at ICST are performance practice of live electronic music and pedagogy of electronic music for children at music schools.