Carlos Duran is a composer and guitarist from Colombia who writes for both concert and media. His music has been performed at Carnegie Hall, The Royal Danish Academy, and by the most important Colombian ensembles such as Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá and Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia. His work includes the Amazon Prime Original Series Cochina Envidia, additional music for National Geographic Channel shows The 90’s and the Emmy nominated series Arrepentidos and the India Catalina Best Miniseries Winner Natalia: Crimen y Castigo.

​​Deeply influenced by Theatre and Film, Duran's intention is to expose dramatic devices and their relationship with the perception of time, and to collaborate with other artists through experimentation to uplift the potential of texture and timbre across the different settings of both Audiovisual Media and Concert Music settings.

​He is recipient of the Republic Bank of Colombia’s fellowship for young talented artists, First Prize in composition by Bogotá Philharmonic, and two-time winner of the National Young Symphonic Composers competition by Caldas Symphony.

Durán has a Master’s in composition from Mannes School of Music, under the guidance of Joan La Barabara, Katherine Balch, Lisa Bielawa, and Huang Ruo and a Bachelors in classical guitar and composition under the guidance of Sonia Diaz, Gustavo Adolfo Parra, Harold Vasquez, and Mauricio Bejarano. He is currently studying a PhD in Composition at UCLA with professors Ian Krouse, Richard Danielpour, David Lefkowitz, Kay Rhie, and Peter Golub.