Considered by the international press as one of the most active and recognized composers of the
musical scene, Felipe Perez Santiago has received several prizes, awards and recognitions in
Europe, United States, Asia and Latin America including, among many others, the composition
prize of the Kronos Quartet in USA, the electronic music prize in Bourges, France, the music for
dance competition by the Onassis Foundation in Greece, the Betty J. Meyers grant in Washington,
the National Performance Network award in Austin, a platinum album in Mexico, the Best Music
Award at the Miami Film Festival, and numerous international grants.
He holds diplomas and master’s degrees from prestigious music institutions: The Center for
Research and Musical Studies (CIEM) in Mexico, the Royal Schools of Music in London, and
the Rotterdam Conservatory in The Netherlands.
In Mexico, he is an honorary member of the National System of Art Creators, he represented his
country before the UNESCO at the International Composers Rostrum and was considered by the
Mexico City cultural website as one of the 7 most recognized national artists worldwide. In 2021
he was awarded with the “Trajectory Award”, given by the Composers Society of Mexico
(SACM) for 25 years of uninterrupted and successful career as a composer, and in 2023 he was
appointed as Cultural Ambassador of the “Global Network of Learning Cities” also by the
UNESCO as a recognition for his work with children and youth orchestras.
He is founder and artistic director of the Mal’Akh Ensemble and the Vórtice Ensemble and
Orchestra, formations of flexible instrumentation where he combines chamber music with all
kinds of musical genres and collaborates with composers and performers from all over the world.
With both projects he has extensively toured and recorded, and has received several grants,
prizes, and recognitions. He is also the musical director of the ONIX Ensemble (oldest ongoing
contemporary music ensemble in Latin America), and he has recently been appointed as the
musical director and conductor of the orchestra of the “Estudios Churubusco”, main film studios
in Latin America, to oversee all film music projects and new music recordings at this historical
institution.
His music has been commissioned and performed in more than 40 countries in some of the most
important theaters, concert halls, venues, and festivals, and is included in more than 30
discographic productions worldwide including orchestral pieces, operas, chamber music, solo
pieces, electronic works, and music for films, dance, video, and multimedia installations. He has
been as well invited as resident composer, teacher and guest lecturer to conservatories,
universities, and institutions all over the world.
He is also artist in residence at the SETI Institute (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) in
California, where he founded and directed “The Earthling Project”, which consisted on a
compilation of human voices from all over the world that created a sonic legacy representing the
sounds of humanity and wassent into space on January 8th 2024 as part of the “Peregrine” mission
by the Space Agency Astrobotic in collaboration with NASA and then landed on the moon on
February 22nd with the Odysseus lander in collaboration with Space X.