Rolando Cory
University of Chile
Chile
Associate Professor of the Music Department of the University of Chile in the Composition Area. Degree in Composition at that university. He took the Artistic Maturity Test (Prüfung der Küntlerische Reife) at the Higher School of Music in Freiburg, Germany with the support of DAAD and KAAD scholarships from that country. He is currently a candidate for a Doctor of Philosophy mention in Aesthetics from the University of Chile with a scholarship from CONICYT. He composes religious music that has been released in Chile, the US and several European countries supported by various public and private foundations. He has held positions as Extension Director of the Faculty of Arts, University Senator and President of the National Association of Composers of Chile. Since 2008, he has been part of the musical improvisation group "Tierra de Larry" with whose members he has led the Red Interdisciplinaria de Artes, RIA project, dedicated to discovering the value of distance musical improvisation as an integrating element of knowledge.