Antonio Carvallo was born in Chile in 1972. Parallel to private piano lessons, studied counterpoint and harmony with Rodolfo Norambuena. Then, he studies at “Universidad de Chile”, where he gets a Bachelor of Composition degree. He was student of Pablo Aranda, Cirilo Vila, Aliosha Solovera and Miguel Letelier. After that he moves to Rome, Italy, studing Electroacustic Music at “Conservatorio Santa Cecilia” getting an First Level Academic Degree and a Second Level Specialization Degree. Back in Chile he gets a Master of Art degree in Composition and a PhD in Esthetic and Art Theory at Universidad de Chile. His compositions have been performed in Chile, Argentina, Italy, Holland, France, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Thailand. He has permanently published his works in CD and score. He began to teach Musical Analysis in 2000 at Universidad de Chile. Nowadays he teaches at Universidad de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Universidad Mayor. From 2015 to 2018 was the President of the National Association of Composers, Chile.