Iván Adriano Zetina Ríos (Mexico City, 1985) is a musician trained at the National University of Mexico. He holds a master’s degree and a PhD in Music and Musicology from Sorbonne University. His dual profil as performer and composer has been shaped by advanced studies at the Conservatoire de Boulogne-Billancourt (FR), Accademia Chigiana (ITLY), Impuls Academy (AUT), and Darmstädter Ferienkurse (DE).
As a composer, he began his career in theater through collaborations with experimental collectives. He won first prize at the international competition « Écoute 2017 » for Perceptions, and his works have been performed by leading ensembles including Oníx (MX), Liminar (MX), L’Itinéraire (FR), CMEM (RUS), Écoute (FR), and Psappha (UK). His music has been featured at festivals and venues, including Impuls Festival (AUT), Transart Festival (ITLY), VII and XII St. Petersburg International New Music Festival (RUS), Festival Expresiones Contemporáneas (MX), CEME International New Music Festival (ISR), Festival Aires (MX), Festival Sorbonne Festives (FR), VIII Festival de Música Electroacústica UC (CHL) 45-46 Foro Internacional de Música Nueva (MX) Festival Internacional Interciclos (MX) and Núcleo Música Nueva de Montevideo (URY). His music has also been performed and recorded by internationally acclaimed soloists, including Samuel Toro Pérez, Pablo Gómez Cano, Nicolas Crosse and Rodrigo Mata. His works are published by Babel Scores, and in 2023 he was welcomed into Mexico’s National System of Art Creators (2023–2026).
As a performer, he has collaborated with composers such as Pierluigi Billone, Julio Estrada, Marcelo Toledo, Samuel Cedillo, Luciano Azzigotti, Camilo Méndez, Erika Vega, Sofia Avramidou, Giulia Lorusso, Elena Rykova, among others. He has performed at international festivals in Sweden, Belgium, Germany, the United States, Argentina, Uruguay, and Chili. In Mexico, he was a member of the Collective Vorágines (2017–2019) and contributed to the creation of Ensamble Zictra (2025), both projects focused on contemporary Mexican and Latin American repertoire. In 2022, he participated in the recording of Simplemente un río by Germán Romero, collaborating with performers including Alexander Bruck (viola), Wilfrido Terrazas (flute), and Iván Manzanilla (percussion). The same year, he was invited to collaborate with Ufa Sextet on the project Asymptotic Freedom II, performing at the Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology in Zurich and at the Contemporary Music Society in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 2023, he performed with the ensemble Black Page Orchestra in the concert Halucinatio at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
Iván Adriano has lectured at institutions including the Complutense University of Madrid (ESP), Nova University Lisbon (PT), University of Tübingen (DE), University of Manchester (UK), IRCAM (FR), the Arabic and Mediterranean Music Center (TN), University of Banja Luka (BIH), Zagreb Music Academy (HR), University Tres de Febrero (ARG), Sorbonne University (FR), among others. From 2019 to 2025, he taught music theory at University Paris 8 Saint-Denis, Lille University, Sorbonne University, and Paris-Saclay Évry University.
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