(by Carolina Rodríguez)

Caracas September 10, 1948
He studies guitar at Madrid's Superior Conservatory of Music, 1972-1973. Further Guitar studies at the Bravants Conservatorium of Tilburg, Holland, 1973-1974. He obtains his Classic Guitar Performer Professorship Graduation Degree at the José Angel Lamas Superior School of Music in year 1977.

In years 1980-1982 he studies Composition with Yannis Ioannidis, Héctor Tosar and Antonio Mastrogiovanni in Caracas. During that time also studies Choir Conducting with Michel Eustache and Alberto Grau. Since year 1982, conducts the Choir of 'La Seguridad' Insurance Company.

In year 1980, founds the Classic Guitars duo "Manuel E. Pérez Díaz" together with the guitarist Alejandro Vásquez de la Torre. Thereafter, founds the Guitars trio "Entre Cuerdas" with Alejandro Vásquez and Frankue Martínez whose work is centered on performing the original works written for this format and the transcriptions of not well-known works from the universal chamber music repertoire.

In 1992, is appointed by the Venezuelan Guitar Friends Association (AVAGUI) producer, conductor, and animator of the broadcast transmission "The Guitar", transmitted by 'Radio Nacional de Venezuela', up to June of 1996.   

In year 1997, together with the music group ENTRE VOCES (Into voices) records his first Compact Disk, entitled "Concierto Entre voces" - Concert Into voices - achieving spontaneous and laudatory critics, besides deserving winning the "1999 Casa del Artista (The Artist's Home) Prize Nomination", as best Vocal Group.

In 1999, he records his second Compact Disk ENTRE VOCES Vol. II with this same group, with a very peculiar selection of the urban popular music that has most influence Venezuela in the last 40 years. 

Awards:
- José Clemente Laya's 1982 Chamber Music Composition sole prize, for his No.1 String Quartet  
- 'Caracas Insurance Company' Second Choir Music Competition prize for his work "El
   mar" (The sea), in 1990
- 1987 Municipal Symphonic Music Award for his composition "Densidades" (Densities)
- Honorary mention in 1989 in "La Previsora" Insurance Company Symphonic Music
  Competition, for his work "El secuestro de la mujer de Antonio" (The kidnapping of
   Antonio's woman)
- 'Caracas Insurance Company' 1990 Second A Capella Music Competition prize for his work "El mar" (The Sea), a Madrigal from Vicente Aleixandre's poetry)

Works:
For orchestra
- "Densidades-tres estudios breves", 1987 (Densities-three [3] short studies)
- "El secuestro de la mujer de Antonio" 1989 (The kidnapping of Antonio's woman) for
   orchestra, mixed choir, voice - Reader - and dancer. Text by Nicolás Guillén
- "Cinco movimientos en la luna de Fausto" (Five movements into Faust's moon), 1995
- "Coral Díptico: La tarde y agosto" 1984 (Diptych Coral: The afternoon and August). Text by Federico García Lorca
- "Paisaje", 1986 (Landscape), Text by Federico García Lorca
- "El mar" 1986 (The sea), Text by Vicente Alexaindre
-  Ave Maria, 1988
-  Mass Brevis, unconcluded
- Choral Prelude and Fugue Variations on a Venezuelan popular topic 2001, for three
   mixed voices Choir.

Chamber Music
- Cuarteto de Cuerdas No.1, 1981, Ediciones Música y Ensayo, 1993 (String Quartet No.1,
  Music and Essay Edition) 1993
- Valse grotesco, 1983 (Waltz grotesque) for 2 pianos
- Divertimento, aire de danza para 3 guitarras, 1987 (Air of Dance for three [3] guitars)
- Suite anacrónica, 1989 (Anachronistic Suite for guitar)
- Estudios asimétricos para guitar (Asymmetric Studies for guitar).Unconcluded
- Cuarteto de Cuerdas No. 2 (String Quartet N° 2) 1995
- Preludio y fuga Modal para orquesta de cuerdas (Prelude and Modal Fugue for String
   Orchestra) 1999 (Transcription for Clarinets Quartet and Wood Winds Quartet).

Source:
Music Encyclopedia from Venezuela, Book II, pages 754-755.
Information provided by the composer.