Colombian born composer and guitarist ​​​​Carlos Durán is deeply influenced by storytelling. The transformative and reflexive effect it has on the audience inspires him to write for both concert and media. With a vastly diverse pool of influences that span from South American Andean folklore, Tango, Metal, Jazz, and Electronic to Contemporary Classical, Durán’s compositions reflect on dramatic structures, memory, and the impact on time perception through texture and deconstruction. 

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​​​​His music has been performed at Carnegie Hall, The Royal Danish Academy, and by the most important Colombian ensembles such as Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá and Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia. A recent finalist of Krakow FMF Young Talent Award and a Sundance Film Music Lab alumnus, his work includes the Amazon Prime Original Series Cochina Envidia, additional music for National Geographic Channel shows The 90’s, and the Emmy nominated series Arrepentidos, and the India Catalina Award winner Natalia: Crimen y Castigo. Durán is currently a PhD candidate in Music Composition for Visual Media at The Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA.