Rodrigo
Ruiz

Rodrigo Ruiz
(He/Him) Hailed as “an astonishing composing talent” (Apple Music), Rodrigo Ruiz has been commissioned by leading musicians and ensembles thirsty for “unabashedly tonal” and “well-crafted [music]” (BBC Music Magazine). Recent commissioners include award-winning choir Tenebrae, soprano Grace Davidson, and violist Ismel Campos of the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, to name a few. Behold the Stars (Signum Classics, 2021)—featuring Kerenza Peacock, Laura van der Heijden, and Sir Huw Watkins—got 500,000 streams, made the Billboard Classical Charts, iTunes № 1, and was proposed for a nomination for the 2022 GRAMMY® Awards.
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Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México
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Hailed as “an astonishing composing talent” (Apple Music), Rodrigo Ruiz regularly receives commissions from  musicians and ensembles all over the world. Behold the Stars, his debut, Dante-inspired album for Signum Classics—which features chamber music performed by Kerenza Peacock, Laura van der Heijden, and Huw Watkins—rose to no. 13 on the Billboard Classical charts and to the Top 10 of the Month on Apple Music. The works recorded for this album are published by Universal Music. He holds a Bachelor of Music cum laude from Lawrence University and a Master of Music from the University of Michigan. He was assistant conductor in Milhaud’s L’Orestie d’Eschyle for Naxos Records, nominated for the 2015 Grammy Awards for Best Opera Recording. Thanks to the generous help of the Joseph Campbell Scholarship, he is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Mythological Studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute, and finding novel ways to fuse music and myth. Rodrigo is fluent in Spanish, English, Italian, and French.

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2020 - Present
Ongoing working relationship with Universal Edition to publish compositions as part of their artist roster and catalogue.

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Ongoing working relationship with award-winning label Signum Records for albums as part of their catalogue and artist roster.

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