Currently residing in Gatineau, Quebec, Ramsés Calderón was born in San Salvador, El Salvador. His music career began at the age of 11, playing the marimba.
Ramsés has composed for solo guitar, guitar and strings orchestra, orchestra, chamber, guitar quartet, film and popular music.
Ramsés spent over seven years under the teachings of five Agustin Barrios disciples (Julio Cortes Andrino, Dr. Roberto Bracamonte, José Cándido Morales, Cecilio Orellana, and Victor Urrutia), absorbing all the knowledge they had about their Maestro, and more recently, with maestro Antonio Rodríguez Delgado.
In May 2019 he also published along with his colleague Federico Sheppard at Les Productions d’OZ, El Libro de Oro (The Book of Gold) containing, in 6 volumes, all the guitar works of Agustín Barrios, including the first documentation of his technique for guitar and teaching, commemorating the 75th anniversary of his passing. It took 25 years to compile and put it together.
Ramsés believes music is a profound tool for communicating with one another on numerous levels about the realities in the world around us. Interested in transforming and addressing community challenges through music, his primary aim is to make his music accessible to all cultures and communities as he aspires to influence people’s sense of consciousness and awareness.