Sergio iMAOs

About

I love art, especially music and sound, and I'm passionate about discovering new ideas. I'm drawn to what’s being created TODAY. Fresh, avant-garde, and experimental works that reflect our current life experience.

Bio

Born in Valladolid, Spain, in 2000, I've been curious about knowledge and my surroundings from a very young age.

In 2014, I started playing electric bass in a rock band, beginning a long musical journey that took me through multiple bands and genres. In 2019, I began exploring jazz, music theory, and harmony, studying books like The Berklee Book of Jazz Harmony, and discovered a fascinating, deep world that inspired me to start composing and learning new instruments.

During these early years, I also began learning about live sound mixing and the basics of music production.

Sergio playing electric bass on stage with a band
Playing live, 2015

In 2021, I moved to Sevilla, Spain, where I lived intermittently for three years. During that time, I started a project called La Onda, bringing together artists from various disciplines to organize events that celebrated all forms of art. These ranged from open-air gatherings with workshops and performances to multiple days camping festivals filled with creative activities.

The main goal was to build a supportive artist community and network, and it worked. La Onda became one of the city's key artistic projects and a hub for creatives. Although based in Sevilla, we organized events across Spain.

At the same time, I began studying music production and sound design, primarily through books. One key resource was The Computer Music Tutorial by Curtis Roads, which eventually led me to explore audio DSP.

A crowd at night in front of a small lit stage under a canopy
A La Onda event

Between 2023 and 2024, after traveling through and exploring many European cities, I settled in Zürich, Switzerland for six months. There, I continued expanding my artistic network while working as a sound engineer in various venues and as a stagehand for large-scale, high-production shows across the country.

In the summer of 2025, I took part in Waking Life Festival in Portugal, co-running a live music and jam session stage as both organizer and sound engineer.

Afterwards, I moved to Helsinki, Finland to begin a Master’s in Acoustics and Audio Technology at Aalto University. There, I started working as an acoustics research assistant at Aalto Acoustics Lab in Ville Pulkki's research group.

Sergio standing in an anechoic chamber next to a column of loudspeakers
At Aalto Acoustics Lab

Academic studies

  • 2025 – TodayMaster’s in Acoustics and Audio TechnologyAalto University (Espoo, Finland)
  • 2022 – 2023Digital Mixing and Music ProductionProAudio School (Sevilla, Spain)
  • 2018 – 2021Bachelor’s in Computer ScienceUniversidad de Valladolid (Valladolid, Spain)

Work experience

  • 2026 – TodayAcoustics research assistantAalto Acoustics Lab (Espoo, Finland)
  • 2021 – 2026Live sound engineerFreelancer
  • 2021 – 2025Event organiserLa Onda (Spain), freelancer
  • 2023 – 2024StagehandEPOS (Switzerland), Nomadworks (Switzerland)
  • 2020Computer science research assistantUniversidad de Valladolid (Valladolid, Spain)
  • 2018 – 2023Music teacherFreelancer
  • 2017 – 2024Professional musicianRalea Orchestra (Spain), freelancer
A keyboard in the dark, lit in red

Publications