I am 22, and I am an artist. Specifically, a pianist, a composer, specialized in film, media, and theatre composition, and a sound designer.

I’m not sure whether I decided to focus in these fields because I had a specific vision of music or whether that vision developed from my educational path—or perhaps a bit of both. Either way, what I do know is that my musical vision is well-defined.

Although my studies allow me to label myself in different ways, I don’t see these various professions as divergent but rather as convergent, forming a unique professional figure capable of uniting them, as much as possible, simultaneously—sometimes leaning more towards one, sometimes towards the other. After all, music is one great art form, and before being pianists, we are musicians, and even before being musicians, we are artists!

My way of playing and my piano compositions are strongly influenced by my applied music and sound design instruction. Sometimes, I aim to treat the keyboard as if it were electronic, seeking to go beyond the basics of mechanics and to achieve what I get in a DAW during a mixing session, with channel EQ modifications and various effects, especially in dynamics and pedalizations.

On the other hand, in my music for images, I still inherit a lot of tradition from the piano, and there I love to blur the limits of that instrument and other traditional instruments, sampling and electronically reworking them to the point of creating an ambiguous boundary between being instruments and becoming pure electronics.

This is what I do when I produce music—play with the boundaries. But it explains itself better through listening than with many words.

And this is also what I do with my professions: I stand at the edges of borders. In fact, this versatility is not limited to production, whether as a performer or composer; it expands, branching out into other fields, sometimes bordering on writing, public speaking, business, or pure art. I transitioned to radio and television projects, conferences, and international film festivals, becoming a social media manager for a radio station and an artistic curator for a series of performances.

Just because my vision is clear doesn’t mean it cannot change—transformation is the only certainty found on the edge of boundaries; one day it may lean to one side, and the next year to another. After all, I’m 22, and I’m an artist.