Juan Pablo Contreras

Composer & Conductor

Shaping a Remarkable Musical Legacy

3 Latin GRAMMY® Nominations​

Youngest Mexican composer to be nominated for a Latin GRAMMY®

2024: La Minerva – III. Himno a la Mujer

2023: Lucha Libre!

2019: Mariachitlán

New Music USA
Board Member

2024: New Music USA Board of Directors

First Mexican composer to serve on the Board

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

2023:  Winner of the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

First Mexican composer to win a Vilcek Prize in Music

Universal Music Recording Artist

2019: Signed a record deal with Universal Music Mexico

First Mexican composer to sign with Universal Music Group

Winner of the BMI William Schuman Prize

2013: Winner of BMI William Schuman Prize

First Mexican composer to win this award

Founder of Orquesta Latino Mexicana

2021: Founder and Artistic Director

Latin GRAMMY®-nominated orchestra based in Guadalajara, Mexico

PHOTO: ANGEL VELAZQUEZ

Shaping a Remarkable Musical Legacy

Youngest Mexican composer to be nominated for a Latin GRAMMY®

2024: La Minerva – III. Himno a la Mujer

2023: Lucha Libre!

2019: Mariachitlán

3 Latin GRAMMY®
Nominations
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New Music USA

Board Member
+

New Music USA

2024: New Music USA Board of Directors

First Mexican composer to serve on the Board

Vilcek Prize
for Creative Promise
+

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

2023:  Winner of the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

First Mexican composer to win a Vilcek Prize in Music

Universal Music
Recording Artist
+

Universal Music Recording Artist

2019: Signed a record deal with Universal Music Mexico

First Mexican composer to sign with Universal Music Group

Winner of the
BMI William Schuman Prize
+

BMI William Schuman Prize

2013: Winner of BMI William Schuman Prize

First Mexican composer to win this award

Founder of
Orquesta Latino Mexicana
+

Orquesta Latino Mexicana

2021: Founder and Artistic Director

Latin GRAMMY®-nominated orchestra based in Guadalajara, Mexico

PHOTO: ANGEL VELAZQUEZ

Mariachitlán
Live Performances
12
Orchestral
Collaborations
12
Spotify
Streams
350000

Juan Pablo Contreras, a Mexican composer born in 1987, blends classical and folk music, earning a Latin GRAMMY® nomination. His works have been performed worldwide by major orchestras. He’s honored with the 2023 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Music and notable for signing with Universal Music, among other achievements in the industry.

“The new [Mariachitlán] orchestration brings the score to splendid life.”
Los Angeles Times, Mark Swed
“Lucha Libre! is a prime example of the composer’s fluid multiculturalism and expressive palette.”
San Francisco Classical Voice, Josef Woodard
“One of the most prominent young composers of Latin America.”
Milenio, Alfonso Gutierrez
“Contreras’ writing feels fun and serious, fractured and coherent, modern and traditional.”
New Classic LA, Brandon Rolle
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