Francisco Colasanto

Francisco Colasanto was born on June 22, 1971, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has resided in Morelia, Mexico, since 2006. He holds a Doctorate (with honorable mention) in Music Technology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and a Bachelor’s degree in Electroacoustic Composition from the National University of Quilmes, Argentina. He has received the following awards: • Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture of Spain (2000). • Creation Grant from the Antorchas Foundation (2004). • Juan Carlos Paz Award granted by the National Fund for the Arts (2005). • Commission from LIEM, Reina Sofía Museum, Madrid (2006). • Live Electronic Music Competition 2006 from Harvard University. • Giga-Hertz Award 2009, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany. • Ibermúsicas Award 2013. • Support Program for Cultural Projects and Co-investments 2018. He is a full-time Academic Technician at the Bachelor’s program in Music and Artistic Technology at ENES-Morelia, UNAM. Since 2006, he has served as Deputy Director of the Mexican Center for Music and Sound Arts (CMMAS). As an educator, he teaches at the Bachelor’s program in Music and Artistic Technology at ENES-Morelia, UNAM. He has also taught classes, courses, seminars, and given lectures in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Spain, England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Romania, Greece, and Estonia. He directs the musical project “Doctor Zoppa” (www.drzoppa.com). Publications Colasanto, F. *Max/MSP: A Programming Guide for Artists*. CMMAS. Morelia, Mexico. 2010. (ISBN: 978-607-00-3163-2). Colasanto, F. “Platforms for Musical Creation.” *Sonic Ideas Vol 1*. CMMAS. Morelia, Mexico. 2008. (ISSN 2317-9694). Colasanto, F. “Strategies for Creating Musical Applications by Chaining Different Programming Platforms.” *Revista Eletrônica de Musicologia*. Department of Arts, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil. 2009. Quaranta, D. and F. Colasanto (2023). “Three Composers in Latin America: Interviews with Javier Álvarez, Tatiana Catanzaro, and Germán Toro Pérez.” *Revista Música* 23(2): 87-110. Colasanto, F., & Sefchovich, J. R. S. (2024). *AMI: Algorithmic Musical Interface*. *Música Hodie*, 24. Quaranta, Daniel, P. Leal David, and Francisco Colasanto. “Dispersion and Dialogue as a Method.” *Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series VIII: Performing Arts* (2025): 299-306.