Born in Mexico City, Carlos studied classical guitar at the State of Mexico Fine Arts School and then took private violin lessons with Virgilio Valle, assistant director of the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra. In 1986 he joined the SOFIJUM youth chamber orchestra, while touring several cities within Mexico. He then started composing music, with a Trio for two violins and cello, which he premie
red himself in Toluca, Mexico. In 1987 he composed his First String Quartet and the First Symphony, which received excellent comments from notable musicians such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Manuel Enriquez, Mario Lavista, Francoise Legrand, Agustin Cullel, and Eduardo Diazmuñoz. In 1988 he composed the overture Silence Impressions Op.5 which received the 1988 CREA National Composition Prize in Mexico, and a second award in the 1990 Felipe Villanueva National Composition Contest, which led to its premiere in 1991 with the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra under Enrique Bátiz. In 1991 he composed the “Jupiter” Variations for string orchestra on a theme by W.A. Mozart, which has been performed several times by youth ensembles from the State of Mexico Conservatory. In 2013 he composed 11:15, Jubilee for Orchestra, in Warsaw, Poland, based on a trumpet call played every day at 11:15 am in the Warsaw Castle.
