Composer and producer whose music is characterized by being electric, dynamic and rough, creating sound worlds from a single idea, which is deployed with an organic temporality, paradoxically patient and explosive at the same time. His music has been played in various national and international festivals, such as CAMPGround (USA), Festival Internacional Cervantino (Mexico), Foro Internacional de Música Nueva Manuel Enríquez (Mexico), June in Buffalo (USA), Festival Atemporánea (Argentina), Festival Aires (Mexico), Foro de Música Nueva Armando Luna y Encuentro de Interpretes y Compositores (Argentina) Festival Ramificaciones (Mexico), and John Donald Robb Trust Composers’ Symposium (USA), amount others. 

Retif’s music has been performed by important artists around the world, such as Carlos Salmeron, Cristian Coliver, Juliana Moreno, Juanmanuel Flores, Rodrigo Mata, Nikola Lutz, Sini Virtanen, Teresa Díaz de Cossio, Wilfrido Terrazas, Arditti Quartet, Duo Yonx, Trio Siqueiros, Cuarteto Ruvalcaba, Splinter Reeds, Mushamukas Ensamble de Contrabajos, Slee Sinfonietta, the Orquesta Sinfónica UACH and the Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de Puebla.