Rodolfo Acosta

Rodolfo Acosta a founding member of CCMC (Colombian Contemporary Music Circle), a non-profit association dedicated to the promotion and development of contemporary music in Colombia. He is the founder and director of Ensamble CG, a chamber ensemble formed in 1995 and dedicated to the performance of contemporary repertoire, with a special emphasis on Latin American and Colombian music, carrying out over 150 Colombian and World premieres. He is also founder and director of EMCA (ASAB Contemporary Music Ensemble), the longest-running contemporary music student group in Colombia. Since the early 1990s he has been actively involved in the experimental improvisation scene in Bogotá, both in free and conducted formats, performing with many local and foreign improvisers. Long-term projects within this field include Tangram and more recently, the B.O.I. (Bogotá Improvisers' Orchestra).

Rodolfo Acosta R. (born 1970) is a Colombian composer, performer, improviser and professor of music.

Born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1970, Acosta studied music theory and composition in Colombia, Uruguay, France, U.S.A., Mexico and the Netherlands, at institutions such as G.M.E.B., Fondation Royaumont, STEIM and Berklee College of Music. Among his most influential teachers are Coriún Aharonián, Graciela Paraskevaídis, Klaus Huber and Brian Ferneyhough.