Born in 1969 in São Paulo, Brazil. After spending ten years in  New York City, he returned to Brazil as Professor of Composition  and Theory at the Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). His  education includes University of Campinas (BM), University of  Iowa (MA), Columbia University (DMA), and IRCAM (year-long  course of composition and computer music). He studied with  Tristan Murail, José Augusto Mannis, Fred Lerdahl, and Jeremy  Dale-Roberts, other influential teachers including Cyro Pereira,  Rafael dos Santos, Hilton Jorge Valente, Ziara Brant de Carvalho,  and Donald Martin Jenni. He attended masterclasses with Brian  Ferneyhough, Helmut Lachenmann, Philippe Leroux, Philippe  Manoury, and François Bayle, among others. His background  also includes jazz and contemporary improvisation.

Among his awards are the Virtuose Fellowship from the Brazilian Ministry of Culture, Petrobrás Cultural Program prize, Salvatore Martirano Award, a prize from the Percussion Arts Society  (Brazil), and Funarte Prize for Classical Composition, as well as  a commission from the Fromm Foundation (awarded by Harvard  University). Recently, he was awarded the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. He was also honoured by the American Academy of Arts  and Letters. Other accolades include the Koussevitzky Award and a commission from the French Ministry of Culture (a work  for Ensemble Cairn). He was a visiting professor at the Nanjing  University for the Arts between 2023 and 2025.

Selected works (since 2000): Tempo Absurdo for piano  (2003), Iris for berimbau (2001), Entresons.Recreo for six percussionists (2002), Contours, Distances for piano (2002), Em Linhas,  Reflexos for orchestra (2003), Tempi Intermedi for flute, clarinet,  trombone, guitar, violin and cello (2004), Spira Mondana for  13 instruments (2005), Areia for 12 instruments (2006), ObjetoQuase for prepared piano (2007), Mobile.Mutatiofor string quartet (2007), Topography Index 3A for flutes, clarinets and percussion (2008), Areia II for ten instruments (2008), Sensorium for  seven instruments (2009), Drawings for Iberê for ten instruments,  Nieuw Ensemble (2009), Guttural I and II for voice (baritone),  trumpet, bass clarinet and trombone (2009), Diogenes Lantern  for marimba (2009), Guttur.Extensio for six recorders (2010),  Kinetic Studies (I, II, III, IV, V) for eight instruments (2010–11),  Fibers, Wire and Wire for chamber orchestra (2011), Mutuus 30  for ensemble (miniature for clarinet, soprano, piano, percussion,  violin and cello) (2012), Tempi Intermedi II for ensemble (2011),  Quaestio, two studies for violin and electronics (2012), Ubehebe  for wind orchestra (2012), Paralelo 26 for orchestra (2013), Tenerife for ensemble and choir (2013), Andarin for ensemble (clarinet,  saxophone, voice, accordion, piano, percussion and electric bass)  (2013), Sedimentos for violin and piano (2014), Positions for flute,  clarinet and piano (part III of Three Short Pieces) (2014), Relevo  for flute and clarinet (part II of Three Short Pieces) (2014), Jeuesquisse for violin and cello (part I of Three Short Pieces) (2014),  Vertebrae for vibraphone and metal tubes (2015), Yazz for percussion quartet (2016), Telluris.Heat for six instruments (2016),  Telluris.Canyon for woodwind quintet (2016), Zefiro for tenor and  Paetzold recorders (one player) (2017), Tempi.Fracti for mandolin, accordion, harpsichord, piano and percussion (2018), Chiral  for 24 performers (2018), Chromochoros for clarinet, trumpet,  percussion, cello and double bass (2019), Fossils for nine instruments (2020), Erosion for large ensemble (2020), Book of Children, eight-piece cycle for synthesizers (2020), Hidden Clocks for  electronics (2021), Clocks Matter for electronics (2022), Estudo  de Massa for 13 instruments (2022), Animal Games for two electric keyboards, accordion, percussion and harpsichord (2022),  Tonesmiles, electronic chamber music (2023), Voiceless Opera  (Act Zero) (2024), Globe One for percussion quintet (2024),  Histos I–III for piano (2015), Histos IV–VIII for piano (2017),  Histos IX (after Kinetic Study I) for piano (2018), Histos X for  piano (2019), Histos XI–XV for piano (2020), Histos XVI for piano  (2021), Histos XVII, XVIII for piano (2023), Histos XIX–XXIII for  piano (2024), ChoSPIN for piano and cello (2025), Histos XXIV  and XXV for piano (2025), Nel Tempo e nei Sogni, acousmatic  work (2025), Distopic Baião for orchestra (2026).