Andrea Pensado began playing piano as a girl, with private instruction. Later on, her main professors were Elsa Carranza in Argentina and afterward, Ewa Sobolowa in Poland. She obtained her BA in Music Education from the University of La Plata in 1987. Immediately following, she moved to Poland where she continued her studies at the Krakow Academy of Music. Pensado graduated with two MFAs, the first one in Choir Conducting in 1992, then she received her Composition Degree with honors in 1995. Her professors were Barbara Buczek and Boguslaw Schaeffer in composition and Marek Choloniewski in computer music. Presently, Pensado has been performing solos and has played with, among others.  She continues using Max/MSP as her main programming tool. Emphasis focuses on the search and/or creation of parameters for real time articulation of sound. The approach to programming and performance is highly intuitive. Occasionally, the combination of the performance situation, the often abrasive sounds, the irrational use of the voice and the inherent uncertainty of improvisations contributes to discoveries of unknown places in her mind.