Victor Candia is German, but was born in 1966 in Chile , where he also went to school. From 1982 – 1989 he studied Classical Guitar at the University of Chile and from 1989 – 1992 at the Musikhochschule Trossingen in Germany . He also taught classical guitar at several music schools in Germany .  

In 1991 he himself developed Dystonia of his left hand and had to finish his career as a guitar player.  He studied Psychology at the University of Konstanz, Germany from 1992 – 2000 and devoted all his time on research in Musicians with Dystonia. In 2004 he finished with a doctoral degree as Dr. of Natural Sciences with a thesis on Clinical Neuroscience and brain plasticity focusing on musicians dystonia.

He has received various Awards like the First Award for Art and Science of the Fundació Ciència i Art, Terrassa , Catalonia in 2002. Numerous scientific papers especially on Hand Dystonia have been published by him.

In 2004 he took up a position at the Collegium Helveticum founded by the University and ETH Zürich, where he is still working on interdisciplinary research projects including brain and emotions, as well as brain plasticity and focal dystonia.