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Miguel Díaz Antar is a researcher and musician (double bass player) who obtained his first musical certification from the Ateneo Paraguayo in Asunción. He holds a Bachelors, Masters and PhD degree in Music from the University of São Paulo (ECA-USP), School of Communication and Arts. He is a member of the Núcleo de Pesquisas em Sonologia (NuSom) at the Universidad de São Paulo; the Orquestra Errante, an experimental music ensemble linked to NuSom; and the Paraguayan Virtual Musicological Society. His research focuses on Paraguayan music, technological mediation and multidisciplinary composition. As a double bass player, he is a member of the ensembles Ôctôctô, Joaju Cuarteto, DuoCoz, Ñembo, Filarmônica de Pasárgada and KairosPania Cia. Cênico Sonora. Díaz has to date released 15 albums and performed live during numerous music festivals in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, England, Germany, Luxembourg, Paraguay, Portugal, the United States and Uruguay.

Nicolás Ramírez Salaberry is a lecturer in the Facultad de Arquitectura Diseño y Arte, Universidad Nacional de Asunción since 2019. He holds a Master’s in Music (Musicology/Ethnomusicology) from the Universidade Estadual Paulista, qualified in orchestral/choral conducting at the University of São Paulo, and received a scholarship in music education in Japan in 2004. In 2000, he received a teaching diploma in music theory and solfége from the School of Music ‘Maestro Herminio Giménez’, and since then has held numerous teaching positions in several musical institutions in Paraguay. He was a Lecturer in Choral Singing (2010-2018), Musical Education (2013-2017) and Singing (2013-2016) for the ‘Guri Santa Marcelina Cultura’ Social Project in São Paulo, Brazil). From 2016 to 2017, he conducted the ‘Marjan Farma’ choir, based in Santo Amaro (São Paulo, Brazil). In 2013, he was appointed as Conducting Assistant for the Wind Band at the music department of the University of São Paulo under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Sergio Cascapera. He is a member of the Latin American Forum for Music Education of Paraguay, the Virtual Paraguayan Society of Musicology, and actively conducts research in the area of musicology. Among his numerous artistic activities, Ramírez’s main achievements are in the fields of orchestral and choral conducting, composition, and arranging, and performance on the viola and guitar.