Music from the Americas Concert Series featuring Chilean Double bass player César Bernal

An evening of New Music at UNM with Chilean Double Bass player César Bernal, who will be performing music for solo double bass, double bass and fixed media, as well as chamber music. César Bernal is a Chilean double bass player, specialist in contemporary music, electroacoustics, experimental music, free improvisation and interdisciplinary practices, and whose music has been performed across continents. He is constantly collaborating with composers from all over Latin America in the creation, premiere and recording of new music for double bass in a solo and ensemble setting. His busy schedule includes concerts in Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, the United States, France, Spain and Germany. He is a member of the Chilean ensemble f(r)actura, Chilean/German duo YonX (double bass and saxophone with Nikola Lutz), Duo Scelsi (two double basses), collective EUNK, and electric bassist of Cola de Zorro, an avant-garde rock band. He is in the management team of Sello Modular, a recording label dedicated to the production of new music by Latin American composers. Bernal holds a Master in double bass performance from the University of Chile, with studies in composition at the PUCV.