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Mario Wellmann

Mario Wellmann is a Chilean guitarist, composer and music theorist whose work explores contemporary jazz, Chilean musical traditions and the relationship between place and memory. He has performed throughout the Americas and Europe, including appearances at Blues Alley, The Django, Jazz Forum, the Elkhart Jazz Festival, and Sala Master. He received two DownBeat Student Music Awards in 2022.

His debut album as a leader, Ecos del Sur, is scheduled for release on December 4, 2026. Recorded at Greyfade Studio in New York and co-produced with Grammy-winning engineer Joseph Branciforte, it features Guillermo López on double bass and Daniel Dufour on drums. Five trio compositions and five solo interludes trace an imagined road trip through south-central Chile. The album’s production received support from Chile’s Fondo de la Música in 2026. Wellmann’s recording credits include Alexa Torres Quartet’s In Situ, to which he contributed as guitarist, composer and co-producer; Of Narratives & Nocturnes with the Simeon Davis Group; I Carry Your Heart with UNT Jazz Singers; and 5th Harvest with UNT Latin Jazz Lab. His composition “Consolidation” was featured in Strings Magazine. He also co-leads Torres & Wellmann.