Nino Díaz was born in Lanzarote (Spain) on 1963. He has a degree in Clarinet, Composition and Instrumentation, and Orchestra Conducting - from the Barcelona Conservatory of Music. He also has an official Master´s degree in Cultural Management obtained at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Barcelona. He is undoubtedly one of the most prolific and internationally renowned living composers from the Canary Islands. More than a hundred of his published works have been performed in numerous countries in the world, by by major international groups and soloists. In 2007 he was made a member of The San Miguel Arcángel Royal Canarian Academy of Fine Arts, for his international career as a performer and as a creator. Also for his contribution to the generation and dissemination of new contemporary heritage. In 2008, with his work El muro, he won the XV Contest of Radiophonic Works of Creation, organised by RNE Radio Clásica and the Ministry of Culture. He is the owner of the Belgian-based publishing company ‘Periferia Music’. In 2017 he created the Nino Díaz Foundation in Lanzarote, where he is carrying out a wide range of transformative activities through music. Since 2012 he has divided his residence between Berlin and Lanzarote, where he continues to work on his different projects as a creator and entrepreneur.