Biography
Felipe Téllez is a Colombian-Canadian composer and orchestrator. His work includes scores for the film and concert music world.
He has composed for the Bogotá Philharmonic, the Colombian National Symphony Orchestra, the San Rafael Symphonic Band in Spain, and the University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He has also recorded and conducted his music with The Budapest Art Orchestra and at Abbey Road Studios in London with LSO players. He has also conducted scores with chamber ensemble instrumentation with renowned players from the TSO, COC and Canadian National Ballet at Toronto’s Revolution Recording, Desert Fish, and Grayson-Matthews recording facilities. He is also a recipient of multiple government arts grants from institutions such as the Canada Council for the Arts the Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council.
In addition to composing for media and orchestra, he is an accomplished songwriter, releasing his orchestral debut album –Minstrelle– in 2016, in collaboration with a wide collection of international soloists. He also conducted for the Canadian duo Whitehorse in their Winter 2018 Christmas album, which was nominated for a Juno in 2019. In 2021 he released his chamber music album –Songs of Longing– for string quartet and piano quintet with Take Five Ensemble through the Canadian Music Centre’s label, Centrediscs.
His orchestration work is featured in the documentary My Enemy My Brother and Backstabbing for Beginners, both composed by two-time CSA winner, Todor Kobakov. Both of these soundtracks were recorded in collaboration with the Prague Symphony and Smecky Music Studios, in the Czech Republic. He has also served as orchestrator for composer Brian D’Oliveira of La Hacienda Creative Studios in Montreal, having orchestrated a suite for the Shadow of the Tomb Raider’s live concert performance, in addition to providing assistance to other active composers.
Felipe holds a Doctorate in Composition from the University of Toronto (Canada-2021), a Master’s in Scoring for Film, Television and Video Games from Berklee College of Music (Spain-2015), and a Double Major Bachelor’s Degree in Composition and Music Production from the Universidad de los Andes (Colombia-2013). He has studied composition under the tutelage of Christos Hatzis, Alexander Rapoport, Lucio Godoy, Luis Pulido, and has studied orchestral conducting with Uri Mayer and Constantino Martínez Orts.
He continues to be involved in music education, holding several teaching positions at Sheridan College and having taught at the University of Toronto Music Technologies faculty. He is an in demand Composer and Orchestrator, as well as sought after collaborator in the world of instrument sampling (Soniccouture)
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