Bio

Charo Calvo studied Physic Sciences at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. She arrived in 1987 to Brussels as a founding member of the dance company ‘Ultima Vez’ directed by Wim Vandekeybus, for their first performance ‘What the body does not remember’. Giving up dancing in 1992, she started her studies on Electroacustic Composition at Conservatoire de Mons. Since then she has collaborated as composer and sound designer with many Belgium and international dance and theatre companies. She also worked on soundtrack for film and radio, and won several prizes for her compositions and realisations. She is now Professor Assistant in Composition for the Media at Mons Conservatory and guest Professor at Rits Hogeschool. She is also responsable for the coaching on Sound Design for DocNomads Joint Master Degree Documentary Film Directing, (Erasmus Mundus ).