2023 GRAMMY AWARD WINNER "Best Latin Jazz Album" (Producer)

2022 MAJESTIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - top prize at the Excellence Piano Awards 2022 -International  Competition 

2021 Declared: "ILLUSTRIOUS CITIZEN" of the City of Montevideo - Uruguay

2021 "Horacio Ferrer" Award - First Recipient given by the Uruguayan Government

2020 Latin GRAMMY WINNER “Best Tango Album”

2019 Latin GRAMMY WINNER “Best Instrumental Album”

2017 Latin GRAMMY Nominee “Best Instrumental Album”

2016 Latin GRAMMY Nominee “Best Contemporary Classical Composition”

2014 Latin GRAMMY Nominee “Best Contemporary Classical Composition”

2012 Latin GRAMMY Nominee “Best Contemporary Classical Composition”

2021 Queens Council on the Arts -  Art Fund Awardee – New Works Grant

2019 Global Music Awards – Gold Medal for “Best Composer”

2019 Global Music Awards – Gold Medal for “Best Album”

2019 American Prize in Composition – third Place

2019 Queens Council on the Arts -  Art Fund Awardee – New Works Grant

2018 American Prize in Composition - Finalist

2017 Queens Council on the Arts - Art Fund Awardee – New Works Grant

2017 Rotary Club Achievement Recognition Medal – Montevideo, Uruguay

2016 Achievement Recognition Plaque from the Argentine Tango Society

2015 Judge for Civitella Ranieri Fellowship

2015 ACE Award Recipient “Best Show of the Year” (Tango Lovers Show / Musical Director)

2014 Became a Steinway Artist

2014 Published his first music theory book: “The Harmonic Structure Levels”

2013 New Music USA Award

2013 Con Edison Composers Residency Award

2012 City of Montevideo Recognition: “The Greatest Uruguayan Musicians”

2007 “Tango Casenave Show” “of national and cultural interest” by the Uruguayan Government.

2006 New York film and video Festival | Composer for feature film "La cascara” (The Rind)

2001 Semifinalist in the "Independent Music Awards" together with Manolo Badrena, John Benitez

1999 International Award winner: "Belgian Artistic Promotion" Europe Jazz Contest 1999 (BELGIUM)

1997 "Professional Achievement Scholarship" Berklee College of Music (USA)

1997 "Professional Music Achievement Award" Berklee College of Music (USA)

1996 Selected among the 10 best composers coming out from Berklee in 30 years (1966-1996) (USA)

1994 Full two year Fellowship from the O.A.S. (Organization of American States)

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