I was born 3.000 years ago
in a dense forest
at the end of the world.

Unconsciously I lived together with ancient empires
and after so long I’m starting to notice
the unsettling people’s footprints on my Earth.

That’s why I decided to get out of my comfort zone
and reveal myself before your eyes.

Fortunately

the space time continuum

is still relative.

Juan Pablo Orrego Berríos, born in Santiago de Chile, is a chilean composer, singer-songwriter and sound artist. 2007 he obtained a degree in music composition at the Universidad de Chile. He studied there mainly with Pablo Aranda and Cirilo Vila. 2007-2009 he was scholarship holder of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and studied composition with Caspar Johannes Walter at the Stuttgart University of Music. 2016 he graduates as Master of Arts Composition & Music Theory at the University of Music Basel, where he studied with Caspar Johannes Walter and Jakob Ullmann. His works have been performed both in Chile and abroad, and he has also participated in numerous artistic projects, including “Klangtaucher – Klingende Interventions im Rheindüker” as part of the “ZeitRäume Basel” biennale for music and architecture (Switzerland, 2015); “Desde fuera del Centro” (From Outside the Center), commission and premiere of “Cumpleaños, music for toys”2 (Quebrada de Herrera, Chile, 2013); “Community in Progress – Allmonde (Episode 4)” with Kevin Rittberger and Alain Badieu (Theater Basel, 2016) and “Música para cuerdas pulsadas” (music for plucked strings), commissions for several guitar pieces (Chile, 2019). Between 2002 and 2010 he was member of the Folk-Rock Band “Bombyx Mori”, with whom he released 2 albums: “Bombyx Mori” (2002) and “Jardínes Sintéticos” (2006). 2009 founder and co- editor of the Chilean music publisher figura ediciones musicales. He currently lives in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.