Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann, composer

Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann is a Peruvian composer, a citizen of Brazil currently living in the U.S. Born in Lima, Peru in 1973, Jorge studied violin and composition in Lima, Sao Paulo, Miami and Boston. He earned a doctorate in composition at Boston University as a student of Lukas Foss. His music has been performed world wide by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Peruvian National Symphony, New England Philharmonic, Aspen Sinfonia, Kiev Camerata, Boston Musica Viva, Da Capo Chamber Players, Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble Wien®, and JACK quartet. His awards include a Guggenheim fellowship, the Aaron Copland Award, Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Jacob Druckman Award, and a fellowship from Associação Vitae (Brazil), in addition to grants from the American Music Center, St. Botolph Club Foundation, Meet the Composer and Nevada Arts Council. He is currently assistant professor of composition at Ithaca College. He also directs áltavoz.