Julio Roloff was born on 1951 in Havana, Cuba and began his early music education at the conservatory Amadeo Roldan, where he studied percussion and double bass, later he earned a degree in Music Theory and Composition from the School of Music at the Higher Institute of Art. Known as one of the finest composers in his generation, his catalog includes symphonic and chamber music, as well as electro-acoustic music. In Miami, Florida, where he resides after immigrating in 1993, Mr. Roloff is member of the new music ensemble, Punto, archivist of the South Florida Composers Alliance, co-producer, with Gustavo Matamoros, of the digital collection XX Years of Subtropics New Music Festival, and has been appointed music instructor at Elder Institute of Florida International University and a visiting lecturer at the Sound Art Workshop.
