Enrico Chapela studied guitar performing and composition at CIEM academy in Mexico. He obtained a Master's degree at the University of Paris Saint-Denis in 2008, and a Doctorate degree at the National University in Mexico (UNAM). He has won recognition at several international competitions such as The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships, the National System of Art Creators (Mexico), the International Rostrum of Composers (UNESCO), the International Alexander Zemlinsky Composition Competition, and The Barlow Endowment for Music Composition Prize, amongst others. He has been commissioned to compose new works for The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, Dresdner Sinfoniker, L’Orchestre Philarmonique de Radio France, OFUNAM, and the National Center for the Performing Arts of China.