Rubén Orio is a musician based in Brussels. He is a regular player in ICTUS Ensemble in Brussels and the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Orio received his training at Barcelona ESMUC (Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya), CODARTS (Arts school of Rotterdam) and HOGENT (Gent University). He has been performing in venues and festivals such as Biennale di Venezia, MaerzMusik Berlin, Opéra de Paris, Festival van Vlaanderen Kortrijk, SPOR festival in Aarhus, OSTRAVA days, and MIXTUR festival in Barcelona. Rubén is interested in multidisciplinary formats, working together with other artists such as photographer and painter Lore Stessel, choreographer Vera Tussing, and sound artist Stephan Quix. He is an invited teacher of rhythm workshops at PARTS, ROSAS dance school. Ruben is cofounfer of FRAMES percussion in Barcelona www.framespercussion.com and TheThirdGuy electric guitar-percussion duo in Brussels www.thethirdguy.com