BIO
Diego Las Heras is a Canadian/Chilean composer, producer, and mixing engineer based in New York City.
He holds an Arranging & Composition degree (Escuela Moderna de Musica, Chile) a B.A. in Jazz Studies (Humber College, Canada) & a M.M. in Music Technology (New York University, USA). Diego’s music has been performed by various artists and ensembles including the Chilean Youth Symphonic Orchestra. His work is featured in films, documentaries, video games, and TV shows around the globe. In 2006, he won the honorable Luis Advis Composition Award presented by the government of Chile. As a sound artist Diego has been invited to participate in several projects with contemporary artists such as Sylvia Palacios Whitman, Maria Veronica San Martin, and Patricio Jijon. His work has been performed at numerous venues including the Artist Space, ISP/Whitney (NYC), Kunstfestspiele Herrenhausen (Hannover, Germany), Region(es): SUD Festival (NYC), Flux Factory (NYC), Synesthesia (NYC), Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art and the National Archives of Chile.