Composer, Jazz Pianist, Cultural Advisor & Educator born in Chile.
Master in Jazz Performance at Global Jazz Institute at Berklee College of Music and mentored by John Patitucci, Joe Lovano, Terri Lyne Carrington and Danilo Perez.
Has performed in America and Europe, released 18 albums with original material that features Chilean traditional music and jazz.
Director of Conservatorio de Santiago - Chile, and Artistic Director of Chile Jazz por la Paz Festival sponsored by UNESCO-Santiago and de Festival ChilEUropa of the European embassies in Chile.
Awarded "Best composition 2011 Luis Advis" by the Chilean Government.
VIDEOS
Elqui River 2020
Orion Lion & Big Band Souza Lima - Brasil
Génesis - Orion Lion
Boston 2018
Orion Lion & Diego Letelier
De Ritual duet - Isla Negra 2023
Orion Lion Piano Impro
Boston 2018
COMPROVISATION PROJECT
Diplomado de Jazz y Afro-Folclor
Comprovisation Project
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Exploración y fomento del desarrollo creativo, para máxima performance artística en ensambles.
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Construcción de identidad personal e inclusión de las culturas del mundo.
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Incubadora de proyectos que desde la cultura y en colaboración de equipos multidisciplinarios, entreguen respuestas en ámbitos: sociales, igualdad de género, medioambientales, educativas, tecnológicas, etc
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Reconocer y desarrollar una editorial educativa personal.
www.conservatoriodesantiago.cl
UPCOMING EVENTS
Orion Lion Colombia tour - Villa de Leyva Jazz Fest 25 de junio a 4 de julio 2023
Orion Lion & AfroRitual 21:00hrs - 22 de julio 2023, Thelonious Lugar del Jazz, Bellavista - Santiago.
Ensamble por la Paz - Orion Lion en Sala Master 19:30hrs - 27 de julio 2023, Radio U. de Chile.
Orion Lion & AfroRitual 20:30hrs - 26 de agosto 2023, Sala Rivoli - Festival de Jazz de Valparaiso.
Festival de Jazz ChilEUropa 10 al 15 de octubre, Santiago de Chile.
Orion Lion Swiss Jazz Orchestra - Europa tour 5 - 6 de noviembre 2023, Berna, Suiza.
Orion Lion & AfroRitual Panama Jazz Festival 2024 15 al 20 de enero, Panama City.
BIO
Orion was born on August 27, 1982, in Chile - where he is affectionately known as: Orion Lion.
Current director of the Santiago Conservatory in Chile.
In 2017 he earned a Master of Music degree in Jazz Performance at the Berklee Global Jazz Institute, where he toured and performed throughout the United States, made several recordings, and pursued advanced studies with Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, Jack Dejohnette, Terr lyne Carrington, Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman, Adam Cruz, David Sanchez, Alan Pasqua, Marco Pignataro, and Patricia Zarate, among others.
Since Sept 2017 until July 2018 is a Postmaster Fellow in Berklee College of Music, working for the Global Jazz Institute Department.
From 2001 to 2006 he attended the Instituto Escuela Moderna de Música de Chile and he completed a Bachelors degree in Composition and Arranging. In addition he holds a diploma in Political and Public Science from the Universidad Alberto Hurtado (2013).
As a pianist, he has shared the stage with artists like: Danilo Perez & the Berklee Global Jazz Institute, Patricia Zarate, Lihi Haruvi, Jean Luc Ponty, Alain Perez, and Horacio "Negro" Hernández, among others. He has performed in several international Jazz festivals, and given concerts in the US, France, Germany, Holland and Spain.
From 2012 to the present, he has held the position of Artist and Coordinador of the Panama Jazz Festival, and he directs the festival’s annual closing concert for an audience of 25,000 people.
He is artistic director of the Chilean music festival ChilEUropa Jazz Fest which is a production of the European Union in South America, and of Chile Jazz por la Paz Festival, which is sponsored by UNESCO.
He published a book of 70 compositions and has released nine albums that merge jazz, Latin American folk music, and classical music. His latest work, LAUTARINOS, won the Chilean Culture Department’s Luis Advis Award for best composition in 2012.
From 2014 to 2016 he was the Conductor of the Moderna Orquesta de Jazz at the Escuela Moderna de Musica y Danza in Santiago-Chile. From 2005 to 2011He was the director ( as well as the founder) of the Big Band of the Universidad de Chile. He has taught composition classes at several prestigious Latin American Universities, the Universidad de Chile, Pittsburgh University and Berklee College of Music.
The major Chilean newspaper El Mercurio recognized his contribution to social labor and his culture, naming him on it’s 2007 list of 100 Young Leaders.