Favio Shifres

Pianist (Music Conservatory of Buenos Aires) and Orchestral Conductor (Faculty of Fine Arts - National University of La Plata). PhD (University of Roehampton, United Kingdom). Professor of Aural Education, and Comparative Music Education (UNLP) and director of research projects, fellows and postgraduate students at the Laboratory for the Study of Music Experience (UNLP). Professor at several postgraduate programs at FLACSO (Latin-American Faculty of Social Sciences), UBA (University of Buenos Aires) and UNA (National University of Arts) in Argentina. He has also been invited to impart postgraduate courses at other universities in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Spain and the United Kingdom. He is Editor of the journal Epistemus and guest editor and member of the scientific committee of several international academic journals and collections. He has published several books as editor, chapters of books and articles in specialized journals. Founding member and past president of SACCOM (Argentine Society for Cognitive Sciences of Music). On the artistic field he worked as conductor of orchestras and choirs and as pianist both in chamber music ensembles and as soloist. He has given numerous recitals at recognized venues in his country, and for CDs recordings and broadcasting.
Phone: 54-11-3152-9200
Address: Diagonal 78 # 680 (1900) La Plata, Provincia de Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA