Despertar en Llamas (Awakening in Flames) is a generative quadraphonic musical work for tenor saxophone, oboe, viola, and live electronics, that arises from a fascination with the complexity and beauty of the natural world. It was commissioned and premiered by Vertixe Sonora at Vang Festival 2023 in Madrid. Through a diversity of data on wildfires, reflecting the dynamics and fragility of ecosystems, the piece aims to create constantly evolving soundscapes that interweave the delicacy of life with the vulnerability of the world we inhabit.

Each section of the work represents a different aspect of the relationship between humanity and nature, from the harmony of the forest to the devastation of fire and the hopeful rebirth of nature after disaster. The sounds of nature and fire form the basis of the instrumental music, and use live electronics in real-time, while the score is sent to the performers based on the data being read at that time.