Fernando has been drumming professionally for almost 20 years and began at the age of ten. He began his career as a professional drummer with the band Alter Ego (1990-1997), which toured throughout Chile; their first album was distributed by Sony Music Chile. He is a SONOR artist since 1998 .
In 1998, Fernando continued his career with the reknown Chilean rock band “Exsimio”. They recorded several albums as well as starred in music videos, including those for their hit songs ‘Cigoto’ and ‘Ensueño’.
Their first album was distributed worldwide in 2001 by Musea Records, Mylodon Records and Lizard Records. They toured Europe in 2002 and were invited to numerous prestigious progressive rock festivals including “BajaProg 2001” (Mexico), the most important progressive rock music festival in the world, “RotaProg 2002” (Spain) and Brazil in 2004 Fernando has also drummed for various other artists, including a 2007 recording session with Femke Weidema and Grammy nominated Don Grusin at Westlake Studios, LA California and sessions with producer Andrew Weitz, sessions for The Boston String Quartet, among others.
He also taught drum classes and gave private drum lessons and clinics in Chile. Fernando has also worked as a sound technician at some of the most prominent post production studios since 1995. Currently working with Beto Cuevas, Kamy R, as well as various sessions.