La Sombra

Sebastian Pafundo

Argentine composer, teacher, bassist, improviser, and sound experimenter. I have presented works for various groups and styles using acoustic, electroacoustic, and mixed media, both in Argentina and abroad for various series, radio programs, workshops, festivals, collaborations, etc. I studied at the Avellaneda Municipal Music Institute - Manuel de Falla Conservatory, "Higher Diploma in Contemporary Music - Professional Artistic Training Center" General Directorate of Artistic Education of the City of Buenos Aires, Transdisciplinary Laboratory - Synesthesia Composition Workshop 2023 Sofia Gubaidulina Center for Contemporary Music "Kazan" classes with Nikolay Popov, Alexander Khubeyev, guest composers Dmitry Kurlyandsky, Vladimir Tarnopolsky, curator Roman Parkhomenko. My musical inspirations began with rock as a kid, when I started playing bass by ear. Then I started private lessons and ended up studying academically, exploring all genres. My tastes range from progressive rock, Zappa, Yes, Rush, etc. Also, for sonic experimentation and improvisation, I really like Zorn, but also free jazz, Coleman, Coltrane, etc. The figures of Cage and Feldman do not go unnoticed in my musical world, nor do classics like Bach or medieval music like Després, Arezzo, etc. I am a fan of traditional music from other cultures, including India, Africa, China, Japan, among many others. Currently, I am the bassist for Horacio Tío Trío, performing jazz, free jazz - experimental, and free improvisation with Carlos Derisio and Luis Mihovilcevic. https://www.facebook.com/horaciotiotrio https://mihovilcevic.bandcamp.com/album/toma-4-horacio-t-o-tr-o Member of Sonoridades Alternativas (Contemporary Argentine Music). Sonoridades Alternativas is a collective of Argentine composers dedicated to the creation, performance, and dissemination of contemporary music. It was founded by composers Enrique Gerardi, Luis Mihovilcevic, and Pablo Loudet in 1997. Currently, the group includes the aforementioned Mihovilcevic and Loudet, as well as Raúl Fiorino and, more recently, Carlos Derisio and Sebastián Pafundo. The group's mission is to create concert musical works for different media—acoustic, instrumental, electroacoustic, and mixed—covering the most diverse aesthetic movements in contemporary music. The performances feature live music, as well as recorded versions. Other artistic expressions, such as musical theater, dance, shadow theater, poetry, painting, video art, and more, have also been included. The group has three albums: Alternative Sounds I (2001); Alternative Sounds II (2007) sponsored by Mauricio Kagel; and Alternative Sounds III (Electroacoustic Music) (2015/16).