Carolina Arroba

Carolina Arroba (born August 13, 1981 in Quito, Ecuador) has been playing the piano since the age of six and still uses the keyboard to compose her music. She studied sound technology at the Institute of Visual Arts of Quito (IAVQ). Presently, she studies under the tutelage of two master composers, Luis Rodríguez and Pedro Barreiro. Since the age of 22, Arroba has been creating experimental ethnic-electronic music, discovering new Ecuadorian rhythms. She has become familiar with the compositions of ethnic music, especially the work of Ecuadorian anthropologist and musician Juan Carlos Franco. Arroba’s first demo is inspired by a range of musical instruments (and also by the quichua language, spoken by many indigenous communities in Ecuador) such as: ocarina, quena, and traditional instruments that recreate the sound of rain. Arroba’s