Conductor Nacho de Paz (1974) is specially renowned for his commitment to the music of XXth and XXIst centuries. His work with experimental and new creation repertoire is a reference in Spain. Trained in the Russian piano school, he holds a master’s degree in Piano and a master’s degree in Composition achieving First-class honours. He has also followed doctorate studies in Art History and Musicology. He has been awarded the international composition prizes Joan Guinjoan (2002), Luigi Russolo (2003) and SGAE of electroacoustics (2004). He got specialized in Orchestral Conducting with Arturo Tamayo and Pierre Boulez. Chosen as conductor by Ensemble Modern, he received a scholarship from the German Government and did a Master in Contemporary Music at the University for Music and Performing Arts of Frankfurt am Main. He has conducted more than 400 world premieres as well as first performances in Spain of milestone works such as Luigi Nono’s "Prometeo" and Karlheinz Stockhausen’s "Gruppen". He has conducted specialized orchestras and ensembles like Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt), Ensemble musikFabrik (Köln), Klangforum Wien, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Ensemble PHACE (Vienna), Ensemble Intercontemporain, Münchener Kammerorchester and the choir Accentus (Paris), among others. He has recorded for television stations like ZDF, HR, ORF-1, ARTE and TVE and has published with labels like Verso, KAIROS, NEOS, OCNE, Stradivarius and Col Legno.