My name is Claudio Ramírez-Garrido and I was born in Talca, Chile.
I received a sound musical education from Miriam Sepulveda, who taught me a new way of poetic interpretation of my instrument.
Then I started my professional studies at the “Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile” with Alejandro Peralta Beher and Luis Orlandini. With both of these musicians, I improved my technical capabilities and my poetic interpretation of music. During this period, my interest in research on other cultures developed, including different forms of spirituality and religions, in order to integrate my impressions of them in my own musical interpretation.
At the “Hochschule für Musik Münster” in Germany, I completed my Master degree with Wolfgang Weigel.
Since March 2007, I have been working on my doctoral degree in Ethnomusicology.
I have performed in South America and Europe, with musical works ranging from the Renaissance to the present. However, I am reluctant to call myself a “specialist in…”, because my real passion is just to make music.