He studied composition, Electroacoustic and Computer Music in São Paulo (USP), The Hague (Royal Conservatory), Utrecht (Institute of Sonology) and Vienna (University of Music and Performing Arts) with Willy Correa de Oliveira, Gilberto Mendes, Louis Andriessen, Gottfried Michael Koenig and Wilhelm Zobl.
His master's thesis, "Música Eletroacústica no Brasil (1956-1981)", is a reference work about the pioneering years of the Brazilian electroacoustic music.
His book, "Acustica-Elektronische Frühling/ Dokumentation elektroakustischer Musik in Österreich" (1995, together with Gerald Trimmel), documents the situation of the Austrian electroacoustic music during the 1980s and the 1990s.
[2] From 1997 to 2002 he directed the composer's forum of the ISMEAM - "International Summer Meeting of Electroacoustic Music" in Sárvár, Hungary.
[4] He was a guest composer at Latin American and European studios and his music has been performed in numerous international concerts.