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The Musux team is made up of musicians, engineers, visual artists, and writers, whose curiosity for art united them in pursuit of interdisciplinary artistic creation!

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Rodrigo Henao

Composer - Conductor

Rodrigo Henao Arango is a Colombian musician, composer, and researcher with a long and distinguished artistic and academic career, whose work has built a bridge between musical tradition and new interdisciplinary research-creation practices.

He began his musical studies at the Medellín Higher School of Music with teachers Gabriel Uribe and Delio Hoyos, and later continued in New York, where he studied with Andrew Loyla at the Mannes School of Music (Diploma Program in Flute) and with Bernard Goldberg at Brooklyn College (Bachelor of Music). His training was enriched by masterclasses with Robert Dick and the Alaria Chamber Orchestra, experiences that shaped his vision of music as a language open to innovation.

Upon returning to Colombia, he pursued a Master's degree in Composition at EAFIT University, developing a research-creation project that strengthened his approach to artistic experimentation. As a performer, he has been a member of the Antioquia Symphony Orchestra, a guest musician with the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra and the Medellín Baroque Ensemble, and has also participated in various chamber music groups in the city.

Since 2000, he has been a professor in the Music Department at EAFIT University, where he has taught courses in computer-based music software such as Finale and in digital audio production. His work in this field has led him to collaborate on the editing, copying, and publication of musical scores, as well as on recording and record production, contributing to both academic and professional projects.

In 2014, she founded the MUSUX research group, a pioneering space for research and creation in Colombia. Under her leadership, MUSUX has established itself as an artistic and technological laboratory integrating music, dance, visual arts, literature, and digital media. This group has produced high-impact works and performances, presented in Medellín and on international stages, fostering dialogue between disciplines and exploring new aesthetic possibilities through technology. MUSUX has enabled the training of young research-creators in a transdisciplinary collaborative environment, positioning EAFIT University as a leader in artistic research in Latin America.

Rodrigo Henao's career combines academic rigor, artistic sensibility, and a commitment to innovation. His contribution lies not only in his distinguished career as a performer and composer, but also in his ability to pave the way for art to engage in dialogue with science and technology, establishing himself as a leading figure in the field of research and creation in Colombia.

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Nicolás Peñaloza Hoyos

Product Design Engineer - Director

A Product Design Engineer from EAFIT University, he also holds a Master of Science in Management from the same university. He has worked with the Secretos para Contar Foundation and has been a professor in the Product Design Engineering program at EAFIT University since 2007, teaching courses in Drawing, History and Theory of Products, Product Language, and the design courses Project 1 and Project 2. From 2012 to 2022, he served as the program director. He participated as a research assistant in the projects "History of Agricultural Technology in Antioquia" and "Half a Century of Family for Families." He also participated in the creation of a reinterpretation of a 19th-century photographic studio for the exhibition "Rock, Paper, Scissors - Horacio Marino Rodríguez Marquez" at the Luis Echavarría Villegas Cultural Center at EAFIT University. He also illustrated the book "Atanores y Almenaras," published by the same university.
His most recent area of interest focuses on Research-Creation, particularly alternative forms of creation for engineering and design professionals. This has led him to participate with his research group Errante in projects such as the Museum of Futile Efforts (in conjunction with the Musux and SinH research groups at EAFIT University), exhibited at the National University of Colombia, Medellín campus, and to lead projects such as Automata – of Terror – exhibited at EAFIT University as a satellite to the LouTech exhibition. He currently combines his teaching and research activities with tattooing, working at the studio Profaneink.

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Rafael Rivera Mejía

Composer - Researcher

A Colombian trumpeter, composer, and teacher, he holds a degree in music from the Industrial University of Santander and a Master's degree in music with a specialization in composition from EAFIT University. He has taught at the Medellín Music Network and currently teaches trumpet and is the assistant conductor of the intermediate symphony orchestra at the Envigado Music School Network. As a composer, he has explored diverse contemporary musical languages, from acoustic to electroacoustic and soundscape, winning the Santander Governor's Bicentennial Grant (2017) for his work Electroacoustic Journey through Santander and authoring the book Tradition and Technology in Musical Composition (2018).

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Jessica Ramirez Herrera

Literary scholar - Researcher

She holds a degree in Literature from EAFIT University and a Master's degree in Classical Studies from Complutense University of Madrid. Her artistic training began as a ballet dancer and drummer. Currently, she focuses her research on the hermeneutics of reception and theatrical creation, and also works as an editor and workshop facilitator in creative spaces. Her interest in research-creation has led to questions and projects exploring the relationship between body, performativity, and writing.

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Camila Cardona Agudelo

Resercher

Camila Cardona Agudelo is completing her Music degree with an emphasis in Violin at EAFIT University, where she serves as the coordinator of the Music Studies Research Seedbed. Her work focuses on the research and dissemination of Colombian musical heritage, particularly through the study of the archive of composer Carlos Vieco Ortiz.

With more than ten years of experience in the musical field, she has worked as a performer, educator, and cultural manager, integrating artistic practice with research and the development of socially impactful projects. She has participated in academic events such as RedCOLSI, ENISI, and Somos Semilleros EAFIT, presenting research on musical memory, sound archives, and cultural heritage.

Her interests lie at the intersection of music, territory, heritage, technology, and contemporary creation.

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Camila Duque Restrepo

Product design engineer.

A product design engineer with experience in the assembly, conceptualization, and design of art exhibitions and artworks. She worked at a cultural consultancy developing research-creation and cultural management projects. She was part of the Errante incubator, where she participated in the project "The Museum of Futile Efforts," which she exhibited at the National University in 2023. Her work is developed from a critical and experimental perspective, exploring its expressive and symbolic possibilities.

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Estefanía Roncancio

Bluestocking

She graduated with a degree in Literature, specializing in hermeneutics, from EAFIT University in 2023. In 2024, she worked at Nodo, EAFIT's center for new technologies, on projects related to Generative Artificial Intelligence and education. She also participated in the digital humanities research project "Imaginaries of Happiness in Medellín: A Distant Reading of 65,000 Short Stories about the Aburrá Valley," part of the Sin H hermeneutic narratives research group. She has been a member of Musux since 2023.

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Sebastián Martínez Zúñiga

Composer

A graduate with honors from the undergraduate program in Music, specializing in Jazz Piano, at EAFIT University. He received a scholarship for a Master's degree in Music due to an honorable mention from the same university. He is a member of the Accion Impro Corporation, where he works as a musician, arranger, and composer for theatrical productions. He has also pursued his academic and teaching career at EAFIT University, where he teaches Composition and Arrangement, Complementary Piano, and Jazz Theory.

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Alejandra Cardenas

Composer

A music teacher, composer, and aspiring producer, Alejandra Cárdenas leads Animaleja, a project that has performed at festivals such as Auditum, Altavoz, Invazion, and Samaná Fest, and has toured in Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, and Spain. She currently produces with the label No Sabes Projects (Nashville), solidifying her international presence. With a strong foundation in composition, she seeks to strengthen her technical skills in mixing, mastering, and performance. Her work reclaims Latin American sound expressions from a feminist, experimental, and diverse perspective, championing the exploration of sound as a tool for cultural transformation and as a form of aesthetic and political resistance.

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Elisa Hurtado Peñaloza

Designer

Her artistic training began in music, with singing and guitar. Her curiosity about other artistic mediums led her to explore photography and makeup, in which she discovered a way to explore complex concepts through imagery. Her work addresses themes such as memory and its loss, environmental exploitation, and identity.

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