VICTOR BÁEZ
Born in Mexico City, Víctor Báez studied composition at the Vienna Conservatory and University of Music and Performing Arts. A Fulbright García-Robles scholar, he obtained his DMA in composition at the Manhattan School of Music in New York in 2020.
His awards include more than ten annual commissions from the Austrian Ministry of Arts, Education and Culture for the creation of new works, the 2017 "Musik im Bild" prize for an orchestral work, and winning the 2021 "Tesselat Call for Scores" in all categories.
Victor's music has been performed at festivals such as Wien Modern, Klangspuren Schwaz, OME Phoenix and the Manuel Enriquez International Forum for New Music, by ensembles such as Yarn/Wire, Ekmeles, Contemporaneous, Blueshift, Ónix, the Austrian Webern Symphony Orchestra, Makrokosmos and more. His film music has been heard in festivals such as San Sebastian-Donostia, Guadalajara, Dubai and others.
Victor is a co-director of the Vienna-based Ollin IZEK foundation, and a faculty member at the Sounds of Now Festival.