ABOUT
Natalia is an electroacoustic music artist, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Detroit, Michigan. She studied composition and music theory at the Centro de Investigación y Estudios Musicales (CIEM) in Mexico City and holds an M.A. in Media Arts from the Performing Arts Technology Department at the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance. In Fall 2025, she will begin her Ph.D. in Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) at the University of Washington. Her research focuses on hybrid systems for spatial audio, creating augmented immersive environments that integrate binaural headphone listening, Ambisonics speaker arrays, and natural acoustic sound fields.
Her work has been presented across Mexico and the U.S., as well as at internationally recognized festivals such as Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria, and Festival IZIS in Koper, Slovenia. She has also participated in conferences and summits including the 40.4 Festival at the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Gloucestershire, and the University of Michigan. She was commissioned by the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth as part of The Mexican Repertoire Initiative, and her wind ensemble works from this project are published by The Valley Winds in Pioneer Valley, Massachusetts.
Natalia’s artistic practice is closely tied to social narratives, particularly around gender violence. She was the sound designer for Ni Une Más, a multidisciplinary production that brings together music, theater, and dance to share the stories of survivors and celebrate their agency. Her thesis extended this work, focusing on gender violence in Mexico through immersive compositions that use 3D audio and a hybrid audio diffusion system (HADS).
In 2021, she launched her solo project Nati Bu, blending electronic and Latin American genres with acoustic instruments, beats, and synthesizers. As a performer, Natalia plays accordion, sings, and performs on piano in Latin American and jazz ensembles. At the University of Michigan, she has participated in groups like Electronic Chamber Music, the Digital Music Ensemble, and the Creative Coding Collective. She also performs solo, incorporating live electronics and sensor-based technology as core elements of her creative process.