![Ricardo Tovar Mateus](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-09/6.png?itok=v9v7mMmm)
Area of Research / Interest: Multimedia Installation
Undergraduate Education Institution: University of Music and Performing Arts of Vienna
Undergraduate Major: Media composition and applied music
Biography: Ricardo Tovar Mateus is a Colombian interdisciplinary composer, performer, and curator. His work emerges from the versatility of his musical influences, contrasting aesthetics and exploring the connections between visual art, music, and performance. As a composer his works have been performed in various in Spain, Germany, Austria, Norway, North and South America, South Africa and Taiwan. He received his training at the University of Music and Performing Arts of Vienna as well as at the Vienna Conservatory, earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in composition for instrumental music and media. Email: tovarr@rpi.edu