Diego Lozano is a Mexican composer and sound designer for film, television, and multimedia based in Mexico City.
His work spans film scoring, sound design, contemporary concert music, electroacoustic composition, sound installation, and audiovisual performance. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in music from CIEM and a masters in composition from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and has pursued additional studies in film music, electroacoustic music, acoustic ecology, and audio engineering.
As a composer and sound designer, he has worked on feature films, short films, documentaries, television series, and digital media projects presented at major international festivals including the Venice International Film Festival, IFF Rotterdam, Sarajevo FF, FID Marseille, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Mirage FF, Oldenburg IFF, Tallinn Black Nights FF, Tokyo IFF, Mar del Plata FF, Morelia IFF, Guadalajara IFF, among others.
Alongside his work for screen, he maintains an active practice in contemporary music. His instrumental, vocal, electroacoustic, and mixed-media pieces 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, and Diego Espinosa.
He is co-founder of Runa Records, a music and audio production studio based in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, and his scores are published by Periferia Music. His work explores the creative and functional possibilities between sound design, electroacoustic music and instrumental music in audiovisual contexts, with a particular interest in the relationship between structure, space, and moving image.