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Juan Andrés Ospina

Born: March 10, 1979

Juan Andrés Ospina is a Colombian composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and multidisciplinary creator whose work moves between large-scale ensemble projects, improvised performance and hybrid music–comedy formats. His artistic practice blends composition, storytelling and spontaneous creation across concert halls, digital media and collaborative contexts.

Ospina has composed extensively for big band and large ensemble, creating project-based orchestras assembled for each performance and musical context. He is also the creator of 12 Esferas, a fully improvised vocal concert built in real time. He created the ensemble Juan Andrés Ospina y la Orquesta Efímera, a large-scale orchestral improvisation project premiered at Barcelona’s La Mercè festival, where the music is created collectively in real time on stage with an ensemble of exceptional musicians. He is currently preparing the release of De paso (2026), a new album of original songs.

Taylor Ho Bynum, Manhattan Transfer, Andrew Hill and others

by Jerome Wilson
May 13, 2022

This show features music from a wide range of artists including Taylor Ho Bynum, Nicole Mitchell, Andrew Hill and Manhattan Transfer among others. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Kenny Wessel Quartet “Bone Dance" from ...

Juan Andrés Ospina: Tramontana

by Angelo Leonardi
January 22, 2020

Fa la spola tra New York e Bogotà -la sua città natale— Juan Andrés Ospina, leader di questo bel progetto orchestrale che raccoglie 26 musicisti da dieci diversi Paesi. Ospina non è solo bandleader e orchestratore ma pianista, produttore e autore di musiche da film. Il suo percorso formativo e professionale s'è svolto tra ...

Tramontana

By Juan Andrés Ospina

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2018
Track listing: Tramontana; Todavía No, feat. Paquito D’Rivera; 102 Fahrenheit; Like Someone in Love; Recuerdos de un Reloj de Pared; Ver Llover.

Juan Andrés Ospina: Tramontana

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
July 4, 2018

With his debut big band release, Tramontana, Colombian composer/bandleader Juan Andres Ospina has created a truly international project, featuring musicians from ten countries as disparate as Greece, Switzerland, Israel, and Columbia. Tramontana is the gale-force wind that lashes Spain's Costa Brava, clearing the skies for sweeping views of the Catalan mountains and sea. This wind inspired ...

Tramontana

June 10, 2018

Album: Tramontana
By Juan Andrés Ospina
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2018
Duration: 7:26

Todavia No

April 13, 2012

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Duration: 7:25

Juan Andrés Ospina: BBB (Barcelona Bogota Boston)

by Lewis J Whittington
January 28, 2012

The jazz diary of pianist/composer Juan Andrés Ospina's BBB is an elegant, untethered tour of primary musical colors, with inviting light, angles and shadows. “Todavía No" states the theme with percussionist Austin McMahon's airy drums swinging, with tango punctuations. Saxophonists Ben Roseth and actually Matan Chapnizka dominate with flights of jazz fancy, though it is Ospina's ...

Palmaniche

January 2, 2012

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Duration: 6:41

BBB (Barcelona Bogota Boston)

By Juan Andrés Ospina

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2010
Track listing: Tracks: Todavia No; Palmaniche; Al Chicamocha; BBB; Muy Antioqueño; Amherst; Yasé Mehoku Rira.