He studied architecture at Universidad Rafael Landívar but dropped out in 1983 to become a full-time member of the groundbreaking Guatemalan rock band Alux Nahual.

[1] Besides his role in that band, continuing to date, he is notable for exploring the use of the cello in a variety of contexts[2] and is active in classical music.

He has also been involved in the performance and production of Guatemalan music from the colonial period.

He writes a weekly column, Presto non troppo in Prensa Libre, a Guatemalan daily newspaper.

In 2016 he performed and produced El Chelo Guatemalteco, a collection of Guatemalan music rendered for the Cello, with Costa Rican pianist Gerardo Meza Sandoval.