César lives and works in Zaragoza and Madrid-Spain.  He has been Principal percussionist of Galicia Symphony Orchestra 1999/92 and principal timpani of the Royal Galician Philarmonic 2001/00.

Head of the percussion department of the Higher Music Conservatory of Aragon (CSMA), he is the Principal percussionist of contemporary music groups such as Plural Ensemble-Madrid-Spain and Enigma-Ocaz-Zaragoza-Spain. He is the director of the experimental music  company Nuevo Contemporáneo, winner of the “RE-percusión 2005” award, for his work in the diffusion and production  of  contemporary music for percussion.

He has participated with the Israel Symphony Orchestra, Cadaques, Ciudad de Barcelona, Palau de les Arts Valencian Orchestra, Euskadi, Granada, Principado de Asturias,  Navarra, Reina Sofia orchestras and contemporary groups  such as OENM from Salzburg, Siglo XX from La Corunya and SINKRO from Vitoria among others.

He has recorded with col-legno (Munich), Verso, Audivis Valois, Autor, Tritó, Bmg Ariola, Nova Classics, Naïve, Diverdi, Neos, claves records,  Rdc-NoTen and NC.  He has released the CD “Punto y Aparte”  featuring the music of Bartok, Varèse and Palacios,  and  the CD “periferias sonoras” with NC-limited , Iberoamerican elecroacustic music, distributed  by www.trito.es

He has performed his projects and works with different groups in Europe, Asia, and America in Porto Alegre-Brazil, Buenos Aires-Argentina, New York, Vietnam, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei, and in Europe; Russia, Italy, France, Holland, Germany, England, Austria, Poland, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Portugal, Andorra and Spain.

Musical Investigation Master at the Valencian International University SL.

www.cesarperis.com

www.nuevocontemporaneo.com