Diego Lozano (1988, Mexico City) is a composer working primarily in music and sound for audiovisual media.
His work includes film scoring, sound design, contemporary concert music, electroacoustic composition, and sound installation. For audiovisual media, he works across feature films, short films, documentaries, television series, and digital projects. His work has been presented and awarded at major international festivals, including the Venice International Film Festival, IFF Rotterdam, FID Marseille, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Sarajevo Film Festival, Mirage Film Festival, Oldenburg International Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Tokyo International Film Festival, Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Morelia International Film Festival, Guadalajara International Film Festival, among others.
As a sound designer, Diego is interested in the relations, functions, dynamics, and possibilities between sound and music in cinematic practices and contexts. As a film composer, he enjoys working with different people and approaches, using diverse musical languages, tools, and methods while adapting his sensibility and personal style to each project.
Alongside his work for screen, he maintains an active practice in contemporary music. His instrumental—solo, chamber, and orchestral—vocal, electroacoustic, and mixed-media works have been performed in Mexico, Argentina, Canada, Germany, and the Czech Republic by ensembles and musicians including the Molinari Quartet, Cuarteto Arcano, OJUEM, Tempus Fugit, Solistas Ensamble, Adrian Verdejo, and Diego Espinosa.
Diego holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music from the Centre for Research and Studies in Music (CIEM) and a Master’s degree in Composition from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and has additional studies in composition, film music, electroacoustic music, sound in film, acoustic ecology, and audio engineering. He is co-founder of Runa Records, a music and audio production studio based in Valle de Bravo, Mexico. His scores are published by Periferia Music.