Gabriel Peraza - Red Light night (amp061)
Gabriel Peraza. Born in Caracas, Venezuela 1979. Composer, cellist and guitarist. Oriented music and various areas of transdisciplinary research complex thought in music and image. Began his musical studies in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, with Ender Peñaloza to 10 years, then at the Conservatorio Vicente Emilio Sojo with Leonor Saavedra and Javier Peraza. Studied cello at the Conservatorio Superior Simón Bolívar in Caracas with Valmore Nieves. In 2001, he specialized in viloncello and chamber music with André Poulet and Maurice Gauton of John Sebastian Bach Academy (Stuttgart). He was cellist of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Lara.
Member of the Collective Opus 0.5, Aeon Temporal Vortex, Colectivo de Creación Sonora "CCS" and Acción Vortex, CHR-0 experimenting with dance music and image. He has participated as a composer for several television animation. He plays the electric guitar and cello developed in an experimental environment inclined to Noise, Drone, Indie, Death and electronics, experimenting in different sounds and aesthetics to achieve cutting-edge image. He has studied composition with Emilio Mendoza, Adina Izarra, Pedro Barboza Williams and Montesino.