David Sánchez Cano studied music in Chicago (Bachelor of Music, Roosevelt University) and Art History and Musicology in Berlin (Magister Artium, Doktor der Philosophie; Technische Universität Berlin), where he also defended his doctoral thesis on festivals in Habsburg Madrid. He has published numerous articles in English, German, and Spanish on the topics of festivals, historical dance, photography, and film. He is co-author of a book on the art and architecture of Madrid as well as co-editor of another on ambiguity in Spanish art. For the Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon he has written over 150 biographical articles on Spanish photographers. He now lives near Madrid and works as a translator and independent scholar.