Luis Valdivia was born in La Plata, Argentina. He studies Electronic Music Composition at the Folkwang Hochschule (Essen, Germany) with Prof. Thomas Neuhaus since 10.2009 and Computer Science at the Salzburg University. He studied Guitar at the Conservatory Gilardo Gilardi. Private Study with Eduardo Fernandez (Guitar), Monica Cosachov (Chamber Music) and Enrique Gerardi (Compostion). He studied Composition from 2004-2009 at the University Mozarteum, Salzburg with Achim Bornhöft and Herbert Grassl.
He won the Composition Competition „Eduardo Fabini“, in Montevideo, Uruguay, 2004
His Works are played in Concerts and Festivals around the Word in Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Ireland, England, Japan, Uruguay, Brasil and Argentina. A Selection of them:
Linux Audio Conference 2012; Stanford, USA, 04.2012
Konzert der Kompositionsklassen; Essen, Germany, 01.2012.
Next Generation IV; ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany, 06.2011.
Linux Audio Conference 2011; Maynooth, Ireland, 05.2011.
Konzert des SEM Mozarteum; Salzburg, Austria, 01.2011.
EMUFest international Electrocustic Music Festival, Rom, Italy, 11.2010
In-Sonora, VI Muestra de arte sonoro e interactivo; Madrid, Spain, 10.2010
Contemporary Art Ruhr (C.A.R), Essen, Germany, 07. 2010.
Electroacustic Symposium 2010, Sonic Art in Wales, Cardiff, Wales; 03.2010.
Festival Zeppelin 2009, Barcelona, Spain, 12.2009.
Next Generation III, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany, 06.2009.
JSEM/MSJ Electroacoustic Festival 2009; Nagoya, Japan, 05.2009.
Konzert des Studio für elektronische Musik; Salzburg, Austria, 01.2009.
Akademie der Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik; Salzburg, Austria, 12.2008.
Festival On/Off Limburg; Limburg, Germany, 10. 2008.
Konzertreihe der Paul Hofhaymer Gesellschaft; Salzburg, Austria, 04.2008.
Festival „Eduardo Fabini, Montevideo, Uruguay, 11.2006 und 11.2008.
Reihe der „Sonoridades Alternativas“, La Plata, Argentinien, 10.2007.
Neue Musik in der Minoriten, Graz, Austria, 05.2007