Pablo García-Valenzuela, Mexico City (1973), holds a PhD in Electroacoustic Composition (2003) from City University, London, UK, after studies with Simon Emmerson, Javier Alvarez and Denis Smalley. He has received grants from the British Council (1996-97), FONCA (1998-2001) and gained national and international distinctions for his music such as the Prix de la Règion d’Aquitaine SCRIME (2000), France, the 3rd prize in the Luigi Russolo awards, Italy (2001), a Postdoc in multichannel sound from UNAM (2007) and twice the P.A.P.I.A.M (2008, 2019) from CNA/CMM for his 15-17 multichannel project. Since 2011 he is the recipient of the most prestigious award for composition in Mexico: SNCA. He now devotes his time to exploring the “language” of 3D Music through mixed symphonies and his own electronic music and experimental rock project NAFF. He founded the first 3D sound studio in Mexico (2009). He has developed 3D live instruments for Kontakt, to be commercialized via Native Instruments (2025).