Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann’s music has been performed throughout the United States, Latin America and Europe by orchestras and ensembles such as the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, National Symphony Orchestra of Argentina, Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá, Peruvian National Symphony, Kiev Camerata, Boston Musica Viva, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Da Capo Chamber Players, Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble Wien®, Seattle Chamber Players, Talea Ensemble, ALEA III and the Borromeo, Arden, Amernet, Mivos and JACK quartets. His awards include a Fulbright Scholar grant, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship, Fromm Music Foundation Commission, the Aaron Copland Award, Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship, Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a fellowship from Vitae (Brazil).
He has been in residence at the Copland House, MacDowell Colony and Atlantic Center for the Arts. His orchestral work Pasiphaë received the Jacob Druckman Award from the Aspen Music Festival and was the winner of the New England Philharmonic Call for Scores. He has also received grants from the American Music Center, St. Botolph Club Foundation, Meet the Composer, Nevada Arts Council and New York State Council for the Arts. Recent commissions include the Society for New Music, Projeto GreCo of Sao Paulo, Brazil; National Symphony Orchestra of Peru for his Piano Concerto and Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra under Marin Alsop. Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann was born in Peru in 1973. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in violin performance from Faculdade Santa Marcelina, a master’s degree in composition at Florida International University, and a DMA in composition at Boston University. His studied composition with Fredrick Kaufman, John Harbison and Lukas Foss. He currently teaches composition at Ithaca College where he also the Ithaca College Contemporary Ensemble.
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