Michael Augusto Magán Palomino

How do you practise listening?

I practice silent listening, letting the sound surprise me with its characteristics and properties, and letting the sound tell me how to treat it.

If anything was possible, where would you like to perform some day?

I do not have any special place. Maybe a dream would be to perform in important electroacoustic spaces and festivals, but I really like to play wherever my music is willing to be heard.

Born in 1995 in Huancayo, Peru. Michael Augusto Magán Palomino studied music composition at the Universidad Nacional de Música del Perú. He also completed private studies in conducting, electro-acoustic music and music education. He is interested in sound experiments, both instrumental and electronic. His pieces have been performed and premiered at concerts, festivals and competitions in Peru, Mexico, Argentina and Korea. He currently works as a freelance composer and participates in many interdisciplinary projects, including the audiovisual experimental duo Pareidolia Espectral. He also runs the cultural space Nodo Sonoro in his home town.