CARLOS
PIANO / ARRANGER

Carlos initiated into music from an early age, Carlos got his Piano Mastery and formal studies in Classical and Jazz composition in his native Cali Colombia. At the age of 13, he started to play and compose a wide range of rhythms and musical styles, specializing in Classical music, Jazz, Latin Jazz and Salsa Music in the salsa realm. He was also a member of one the world's most prominent and popular musical groups, "Grupo Niche" of the well-known salsa music lyricist Jairo Varela from Colombia. In 1995 Carlos built his own recording studio, and began his stage as musical producer, having big success thanks to his particular style and musical richness, becoming one of the most wanted musical producers in the salsa music business. In 2000 he moved to New York where began his career as a film composer, scoring several Short Films and Trailers in the big apple. At the present time, he is living in Los Angeles where he has composed several scores for independent Shorts and feature films including;Crossing Acheron "Evil's City (feature Film directed by Tom Lewis) Speech 101 (Short Film directed by Cliff Chesley) Ascension(Feature Film directed by Maria Petros) Hidden Treasure (Short Film directed by Artin Nazarian) Beneath The Surface (Short film directed by Michael Merril & Kevin Benjamin) The Perfect Invisible Man (Short Film directed by Juan Paredes) among many others. Here he demonstrates his artistic versatility and a unique musical color in each and every musical note he puts on his scores.

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