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chemist composer

Carlos Núñez Cortés has been a member of Les Luthiers since 1969.

Education

University of Buenos Aires.

Career

In the group, his functions include:

Creating new instruments (eg glamocot). Composing (eg Las Majas, Teorema de Thales, San Ictícola, Epopeya de Edipo). Vocal arrangements (eg Conozca el Interior).

Singing (eg Voglio Entrare, most Serenatas, A la Playa con Mariana, etc).

Playing piano and synths as well as many other instruments (tubófono, recorder, maracas, glamocot, guitar, fiddlecan, etc). He is also an expert malacologist, owning an extensive collection of sea shells.

He published a book on the subject, 100 Caracoles Argentinos, co-written with the naturalist Tito Narosky. Núñez Cortés holds a degree on biological chemistry.