Biography

Jorge Variego was born in Rosario, Argentina. He is a former Fulbright Scholar and is currently Assistant Professor of Music and Technology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and is the director of the composition program at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival. His music can be heard in the Parma, Albany Records, CMMAS, Centaur and Naxos libraries. In 2018 his book on algorithmic composition was released by the National University of Quilmes, in Argentina. During that same year he received the support of the Swedish Arts Grants Committee to be resident composer at the Visby Centre for Composers and was guest lecturer at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, in Spain. Among his recent research endeavors, his book “Composing with Constraints” was published by Oxford University Press in 2021. In 2023 he was the guest in many festivals, including the inaugural Festival de Música Algorítmica y Modular hosted by the Universidad Nacional de Musica de Perú, in Lima. In the 23-24 season, his music was performed by the Oak Ridge Symphony, the Bryan Symphony and the Knoxville Symphony.

Variego is the founder director of the Domino Ensemble a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion, commission, and performance of new music with improvisation. The group released “Purple Ego” (Centaur – 2019) and “Recompensa” (Centaur – 2023) among other recordings. In 2023 the ensemble performed at the Big Ears festival in collaboration with British author Geoff Dyer and in 2024 presented “Recompensa” at the ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn, NY.

He is also the founder director of the UT Electroacoustic Ensemble, a student group dedicated to free improvisation with electronic media and is the Treasurer of ATMI and a member of the Society of Composers National Council.

Jorge is the 2025 Composition Fellow by the TN Arts Commission. For more information, please visit: www.jorgevariego.com

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Education

• PhD, Composition – University of Florida (2011)
• MM, Composition and Clarinet performance – Carnegie Mellon University (2006)
• Bachelor (JD equivalent) – National University of Rosario, Argentina  (2003)

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Research & Creative Endeavors

• Composición Algorítmica (Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, 2018) ISBN-10: 9875585025
• Composing with Constraints (Oxford University Press, 2021) ISBN-10: 0190057246
• 18+3 Etudes for Solo Viola (Lalarva Music, 2020) ISBN-10: 057821086X