Pablo started his musical career in a most unexpected way for a DJ; as a classical pianist of some considerable merit. The student of a famous Chilean pianist Frida Conn Escabar, Bendr studied classical piano from age five to nineteen. Though he had won competitions in his homeland and performed numerous concerts, including Chile’s National Library and the Teatro Municipal de Santiago (Santiago’s largest stage theater and opera house). Pablo felt the pull of another musical master. He recalls, “Ever since I was a teenager I began developing a passion for Dance Music. It was somewhat of a dichotomy that I had going on. I was studying piano every day, playing at concerts and participating in piano competitions, but at the same time I was buying the latest Electronic music CDs at the Record stores. By the time I was in my senior year of high school, a lot of the big Electronic festivals had landed in Santiago and I was trying to get my friends to come with me to these raves.” After finishing 2 degrees at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile – a B.S. in Industrial Engineering, and a M.S. in Chemical Engineering-- Pablo was offered the opportunity of moving to the US for a full time job at LAN (Chile’s flagship airline), to oversee the Capacity Control of the Los Angeles cargo operation. A few years into the job, Bendersky resigned and began the task of establishing himself as an artist and music producer in the States. The environment which exists here is one of limitless possibilities and is highly suited to his career path. Pablo comments, “There is something about the US culture that is unique from the rest of the world. With hard work and dedication you actually have a chance at things. There's a reason why a lot of the best talent moves here, whether it's in academia, the arts, medicine, or any other field for that matter.”
Bendr’s hopes for the future include continuing to work in and around the artists from the US who have always been a part of his musical inspiration. In addition to this, he’d love to tour in Europe and beyond. Pablo feels that as the electronic genre has centered itself in the US, his life and career have evolved in a congruent path. He comments, “15 years ago, electronic dance music used to be something that people typically associated only with Europe, DJs with long Dutch-sounding names, sweaty warehouse parties and 8-minute-long tracks. Today you're at Coachella in a sea of neon-colored sunglasses watching a joint performance between a DJ and a big pop star, while everyone is on their Smartphone Instagraming. The audience has definitely evolved, but I believe the spirit is the same. Rave culture is by default an expression of unity, friendship, empathy, harnessed around dancing and good music.”