2007 – Prize: Giga-Hertz-Preis (in its first edition) for La Novità del Suono; given by the ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie), Karlsruhe, and the Experimentalstudio für akustische Kunst / SWR, Freiburg, Germany; International Jury: Pierre Boulez, Wolfgang Rihm, Horacio Vaggione, Ludger Brümmer, Detlef Heusinger, Armin Köhler and Peter Weibel.
2006 – Prize: Diapason d'Or for the CD mastering of Colores (Phila: in praesentia), given by the French-Brazilian Magazin Diapason.
2005 – Selection: of Todos os Cantos for the V Festival Internacional de Música Electroacústica Ai-maako, Santiago de Chile.
2003 – Commission-Prize: Bolsa Vitae de Artes for the composition of labORAtorio; Fundação Vitae, São Paulo, Brazil.
2002 – Prize: Prêmio Cultural Sergio Motta 2002 for Colores (Phila: in praesentia) (among 441 inscribed works); given by the Instituto Sergio Motta and the Secretaria de Cultura do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil.
2001 – Selection: selected as a composer for the 30 years of the Festival Synthèse of Bourges, France.
1999 – Selection: finalist (among 508 inscriptions) at the 26ème Concours International de Musique Électroacoustique de Bourges, France, with ATLAS FOLISIPELIS.
1997 – Selection: selected as one of the 10 composers (among 397 inscriptions) for the Stage d’Informatique Musicale at IRCAM, Paris, France; Jury: Michael Levinas, Wolfgang Rihm, David Robertson, Marco Stroppa, Eric de Visscher.
1996 – Selection: selected as a composer with A Viagem sobre os Grãos for the Festival Sonidos de las Américas, organized by the ACO (American Composers Orchestra) and realized at the Carnegie Hall, New York, USA.
1996 – Prize: First Prize in the Category Mixed Electroacoustic Music for A Viagem sobre os Grãos at the Concorso Internazionale di Musica Elettroacustica Luigi Russolo, Varese, Italy.
1996 – Selection: of TransFormantes II for the Festival Ars Musica, Brussels, Belgium.
1995 – Selection: of Parcours de l'Entité for the Tribune International de Compositeurs, Paris, France.
1995 – Prize: Prix Ars Electronica of Linz, Austria, for Parcours de l'Entité.
1995 – Selection: selected as a composer for the Festival Voix Nouvelles, Royaumont, France.
1995 – Selection: selected as a composer for the Projet Contrechamps, organized by the Ensemble Contrechamps and the CDMC of Campinas, Brazil.
1993 – Prize: Internacional Prize of the TRIMALCA (Tribuna Internacional de Música de la América Latina y del Caribe) for Profils Écartelés.
1991 – Selection: of Contextures I (Hommage à Berio) for the I Colloque International de Jeunes Compositeurs de Musique Electro-acoustique, by Unesco, Paris, France.
1991 – Selection: finalist at the XVIII Concorso Internazionale Luigi Russolo with Profils Écartelés.
1990 – Prize: First Prize as musicologist at the I Premio Internazionale Latina di Studi Musicali, Latina, Italy, with his analysis of Visage by Luciano Berio.
1989 – Selection: finalist (among 415 inscriptions) at the 17ème Concours International de Musique Électroacoustique de Bourges, France, with Profils Écartelés.
1986-1990 – Scholarship: of DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) for his studies in Elektronische Komposition in Cologne, Germany.