Francesc Orts Ruiz took degrees in History of Art from the Universitat de València, and History and Science of Music from the Universidad de La Rioja, where he was awarded the Premio Extraordinario in 2014. He also studied in Germany at the Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz. He began his career in history of art working in collaboration with the Museu de Belles Arts de València, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Museo del Prado and the Carmen Thyssen Museum in Málaga. His research focuses on different urban ceremonies, especially royal entries, in the context of the city of Valencia in the 15th and 16th centuries. Within these events, he is particularly interested in the visual element and, above all, the soundscape generated by such festive displays, in an interdisciplinary approach that brings together his background in history of art and music. He has participated in international and national conferences and seminars, and has published his research in journals such as De Arte, Matèria, Ars Longa, Revista de Musicología, and Culture and History Digital Journal. Between 2017 and 2019 he was a Young Researcher in the history department of the UNED with the support of an FPU contract from the Ministery of Education. During this time he made research visits to the Courtauld and Warburg Institutes in London. He has formed part of the research team of the project Las ‘imágines’ del musulmán en la Península Ibérica (sigls XV-XVII) y sus conexiones mediterráneas (HAR2016-80354-P), and is a member of the research group Arte y Pensamiento (ISSN: 2530-7150). From 2019 to January 2022 he was a lecturer in the Department of History of the Theory of  Art and Design at the Escola Superior d’Art i Disseny in Valencia. He took his doctorate cum laude in July 2022 at the UNED, with a thesis entitled ‘La ciudad engalanada. Paisaje sonoro y visual en las celebraciones urbanas en la Valencia de los siglos XV y XVI’.