Born in Campinas (1988) he began his training in music composition in his native Brazil at the age of 13. In 2006 he moved to The Netherlands to start a Bachelor of Music Composition at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, finishing his studies there in 2010. He then moved back to Brazil, where he started a Masters of Music Composition at the State University of Campinas under supervision of Prof. Silvio Ferraz, with a scholarship from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP).