ABOUT ME

Classical musician by trade. Interested in history, art, science and soccer.

PHILOSOPHY

Atheist and skeptic at heart, constantly amazed by the world I find myself in. Doing my best to love others and live without judgement.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None so far, I'm hoping I can expand on this soon!

Interests

Classical Music, Jazz, Photography

• arts
• photography
• music
• classical music
• jazz
• atheism
• soccer
• history
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Crime & Punishment, East of Eden, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Road, Scientific Progress Goes Boink, Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Lately I've been dabbling in a bunch of books, slowing making my way through several at once, including a re-reading of "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck.

Movies: Children of Men, Dr. Strangelove, Event Horizon, The Fountain, I ♥ Huckabees, In Bruges, 21 Grams, Videodrome, and anything with zombies and/or shotguns. The complete oeuvres of Darren Aranofsky, Danny Boyle, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Christopher Nolan.

Classical music is my true love, jazz is a close second. I listen to a lot of 20th century composers like John Adams, Alban Berg, György Ligeti, Steve Reich and Dmitri Shostakovich. Jazz-wise I listen to mostly modern stuff like The Claudia Quintet, Dave Holland and The Bad Plus.

Other musical favorites: Björk, Boban Marković Orkestar, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Nick Drake, Fela Kuti, Mastodon, Queens of the Stone Age, The Roots, Elliott Smith, Tom Waits and Frank Zappa. I like at least a little of every genre, there is no type of music that I categorically refuse to listen to. Except maybe Bachata...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I performed the National Anthem of Colombia in Cartagena at midnight on their 200th Independence Day. Never in my personal or professional life have I played for such an appreciative audience, it was truly a moving event.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, United States