ROCÍO CANO VALIÑO
composer
BIOGRAPHY
Rocío CANO VALIÑO — born in the City of Buenos Aires [Argentina] and based in Lyon [France].
Composer and interior designer. Rocío’s musical production is dedicated to instrumental, mixed and electroacoustic pieces. She is a member of the artistic committee of the Ensemble Orbis, which is based in Lyon and she co-founded. Rocío’s music was performed by ensembles such as: Proxima Centauri, HANATSUmiroir, Paramirabo, Ensemble Ars Nova, Ensemble Orbis, Ensemble DME, Duo PARCOURS, Q-SIÓN, among others... She collaborated as a scenographer and 3D designer on the opera “QU'EST-CE QUE L'AMOUR ?” by composer Demian Rudel Rey.
She has received various commissions and support from: Aide à l’écriture du Ministère de la Culture [FR]; Radio France [FR]; Festival Présences [FR]; FNArtes [AR]; SACEM [FR]; Studio Césaré CNCM [FR]; GRAME CNCM [FR]; Groupe de Recherches Musicales GRM [FR]; Puce Muse [FR]; Ibermúsicas [AR-Latin America]; Bahía[in]sonora Festival [AR]; OARA [FR]…
Her works have received distinctions from: Destellos Foundation [AR], Musicworks [CA], Banc d'Essai GRM [FR], TRINAC UNESCO [AR], KLANG! [FR], Exhibitronic [FR], Rampazzi Prize [IT], Marcelle Deschênes Prize [CA], Métamorphoses [BE], TRIMARG [AR], Luigi Russolo Award [FR-ES], among others. Rocío’s compositions have been selected and performed in various festivals around the world such as Festival Akousma, Festival Mixtur, CEMI Circles, Festival de Música Electroacústica de la UC, Klingt gut, MA/IN Festival, FILE, Phas.e, SIME, Festival Zéppelin, Vienna Acousmonium, San Francisco Tape Music Festival...
Rocío completed a Master's degree in Contemporary Composition at the CNSMD in Lyon [France], where she studied with François Roux. She also took orchestration lessons with Luca Antignani. She did an international mobility at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz [Austria] with Franck Bedrossian. Rocío obtained a DNSPM in composition at the CNSMD in Lyon, a Bachelor's degree in musicology at the University Lumière Lyon 2, a Diploma of Musical Studies [DEM] in electroacoustic composition with Stéphane Borrel at the CRR in Lyon. In Argentina, she studied composition with Demian Rudel Rey. She has received scholarships such as: Nguyen Thien Dao 2023, Mozarteum Argentino Gisela Timmermann and she is winner of the Fondation d'entreprise Société Générale C’est vous l’avenir for the year 2024.
In 2017, the label Resterecords released her first monographic album “Tâches”. Rocío's music is published by Babel Scores, Score Follower, Musiques & Recherches, Monochrome Vision, Taukay Edizioni Musicali and Phas.e. La Lettre du Musicien published her "Portrait double vie" written by Antoine Pecqueur in the "Architecture" edition in 2020.
Photo by Jean Baptiste Garcia