Erick Garcés Ramírez

Erick Garcés Ramírez (Mexico City, 1995) is a Mexican composer.
He began his studies as a self-taught musician at the age of eleven and, in 2014, entered the Composition Workshop at the National Conservatory of Music of Mexico, where he studied with Armando Luna Ponce and Juan Fernando Durán, in addition to taking musical analysis courses with Mario Lavista. Between 2021 and 2024, he was a student at the Reina Sofía School of Music, in the Composition Chair, under Professor Fabián Panisello.
His artistic creation is nourished by poetry, memory, musical analogy, and polyspectrality—elements that shape a personal aesthetic in constant evolution. His professional training has been enriched by courses and masterclasses given by renowned composers and performers, including Alexis Aranda, Ignacio Baca Lobera, Sergio Cárdenas, Jorge Torres Sáenz, Julio Estrada, Marcelo Toledo, Javier Torres Maldonado, Alexis Baskind, Heinz Holliger, Alessandro Solbiati, and Tristan Murail, among others.
He has collaborated closely with various ensembles and soloists, such as ÓNIX Ensamble, the Mexiquense Philharmonic Orchestra (OFM), the Center for the Production of Contemporary Music (CEPROMUSIC), Ensemble Suono Giallo, Trío Siqueiros, Taller Sonoro, Plural Ensemble, the Extremadura Orchestra (OEX), Donatienne Michel-Dansac, and Anna Margules, among others.
His works have been performed in different venues in Mexico, as well as in Canada, Italy, and Spain. Part of his output is recorded on the albums Ideogramas (2017), El sonido distante (2021), and Maja Bhuta (2023).
He is currently a recipient of the 2025 Young Creators grant from the Support System for Creation and Cultural Projects, and is co-creator and composer of the Ars Nova Project, a platform dedicated to the creation, collaboration, reflection, and dissemination of contemporary music.