Cesar Villavicencio was born in Peru in 1968. Following musical studies in São Paulo, Brazil, he obtained the Soloist Diploma in recorder at the Royal Conservatory, The Hague, The Netherlands, where he studied with Ricardo Kanji. He performs ancient music in addition to the contemporary repertoire. In the field of contemporary music, his main interest is the development of new techniques which give the recorder the possibilities of interacting with the electro-acoustics. He created, in cooperation with the Institute of Sonology of the Royal Conservatory, a MIDI counter bass recorder (e-recorder) which interacts with the environment of improvisation and live electronic music. With the e-recorder he has played with improvisers such as Richard Barrett, James Fulkerson, Evan Parker, Jonathan Impett, among others. Villavicencio’s performances have been presented by Steim in Amsterdam, Metronom in Barcelona, Logos in Ghent, FIU in Miami, WORM in Rotterdam, and Felix Meritis in Amsterdam. He is a founding member of the group Alma Viva dedicated to the interpretation of the music of the XVII and XVIII centuries and of the electroacoustic music Duo Blam!.

During three years Villavicencio was guest teacher at the Classical Department and the Ancient Music Department at the Royal Conservatory. He is currently working on a PhD at the University of East Anglia, UK, researching the application of rhetoric in free-improvised music. Periodically, Villavicencio gives workshops and concerts throughout Europe, North and South America.