Fredy Vallejos CL

Fredy Vallejos was born in Colombia, where he studied music and computer engineering between 1994 and 1996. He continued his musical studies at the Conservatory Maria Valencia in Cali where he graduated with a master’s degree in percussion. He played percussion in different orchestras and bands in Valle del Cauca and contributed to several recording projects. Between 2003 and 2006, he studied percussion and chamber music at the ENM in Villeurbanne in France, in 2006 he studied at the Conservatory of Lyon and between 2007 and 2009 at the Conservatory of Blanc-Mesnil, specialising in instrumental and electro-acoustic composition and musicology. He was also a resident at the Cité internationale des Arts and IRCAM in Paris. At IRCAM he collaborated with choreographer Thomas Hauert, who invited him to write music for his production MONO. His music has been performed in different countries (Colombia, Ecuador, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain.