Santiago Diez-Fischer’s music searches for an organic sonority that combines instrumental acoustic sounds and objects, with a very personal use of electronics: a “tactile” music that invites the listener to explore its plasticity. His music has been performed by several ensembles including collective lovemusic, Ensemble Dal Niente, Ensemble Distractfold, Eunoia Ensemble, Ensemble SurPlus, KNM Ensemble, Ensemble Soundinitiative, Vortex, Le Balcon, TM+, BIT20, CAIRN, L’imaginaire, amongst others. As a composer he has participated in residences and festivals such as IRCAM – CURSUS, Schloss Solitude Akademie 2011, Darmstadt Summer Course, Impuls Academy, Festival Borealis, and many others. He has been recipient of several commissions and awards from Siemens Foundation, Pro Helvetia, Borealis Festival, the French Embassy in Argentina, Argentinian Mozarteum, Cité Internationale des Arts, Clang Cut Book Berlin, Mixture Festival, and Joan Guinjoan Prize. Díez Fischer is a professor of composition at the Conservatory of Pantin in Paris. For five years, he was assistant professor in composition at the Haute Ecole de Musique in Geneva, Switzerland. He studied in Argentina, Germany, and France with Philippe Leroux and Rebecca Saunders. Santiago Díez Fischer was born in Argentina and has German and Argentine nationalities. He lives in France since 2009. www.santiagodiezfischer.com