I’m Swiss-Peruvian, born 1964 in Lima, Peru, grew up in Switzerland. I studied classical guitar with C. Chappuis (CH), José Tomas (E) and Alberto Ponce in Paris, where I completed my studies with honours “premier prix à l‘unanimité”.

Zen

I have been practising Zen meditation since 1991. Willigis Jäger has taught me Zen from heart to heart. In 2012 he appointed me as a Zen teacher. Since then I've been leading retreats and have various weekly sitting groups. Zen has substantially shaped my guitar playing.

Projects

‚monte de silencio‘(2006)
was recorded in a trio with Sujay Bobade (bansuri) and Raghavendra Kulkarni (Tabula) from Mumbai.

‚anuraag‘ (2009)
contains collaborative compositions with Pandit Ranajit Sengupta (Sarod) from Kolkata.

‚songs of the plants‘ (2014)
was created through my remembrance and appreciation of my small but essential indigenous part of my mestizo heritage. It is a coalescence of my music with the ancestral Shamanic musical heritage of the Amazon rainforest.

‚NEW RELEASE: SOUNDS AFTER SILENCE‘ (2026)
The upcoming album will be released 2026. It captures improvisations from silence, in the way I like to play after meditation. Solo. In their simplicity and fragility. Without additional equipment, just the guitar. High quality recording. So close that listening to it gives the impression of holding the guitar in your own hands.

I teach classical guitar in Solothurn (CH) in Switzerland, where I live as well.

The 10-string and 8-string guitars I’m playing are made both by Philippe Jean-Mairet.