Ricardo Mandolini has been played on NTS in shows including Pete Goes To Town w/ Pete Swanson, featured first on 22 November 2017. Songs played include Fabulas II and Estallido Breve ("Kurze Explosion").

Ricardo Mandolini was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1950. He studied musical composition under Guillermo Graetzer and Francisco Kröpfl. From 1977-1983 he pursued electronic music studies under Hans Ulrich Humpert (DAAD Scholarship) at the Musikhochschule Köln, Germany. During this period he received several invitations to work at electronic music studios including EMS, Sweden, (Swedish Institute Scholarship), IPEM, Belgium, and Technical University, Berlin. In 1983 he obtained the title kunstlerische reifeprüfung of the Musikhochschule Köln. He received his Ph.D. in 1987 from the University Paris VIII working under Daniel Charles (Doctorat en esthétique et sciences de l'art). Since 1988, he has lectured on musical composition at the University Lille III, Lille, France. In 1993 he obtained the title of habilitation à diriger des recherches from the University Paris I – Panthéon - Sorbonne, under Costin Miereanu. He worked as Director of the Department of Music, Univ. Lille III during 1994-97. In 1998 he was named Professor of the French universities, and head of the electronic music studio, Department of Music, University Lille III. Dr. Mandolini has been awarded several prizes for his electronic music compositions including the Prix Magistère from the Bourges' International competition in 2002, in recognition of his work in the field of electroacoustics.