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Juan David Garcia Salcedo

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    20202026

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    Personal profile

    Master in Audiovisual Creation, sound engineer, and music producer, academically recognized by NARAS (Grammy Awards Organization) with the 1st place award in the state of Tennessee (2004) and graduated Summa Cum Laude with scholarships from MTSU (Tennessee) and MDC (Miami). He has experience in recording studios in the United States (The Hit Factory-Criteria and Tombstone-Nashville). Nine-time pre-nominee for the Latin Grammy (Best Engineer).

    With over fifteen years of teaching experience, he is currently a full-time professor at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and has lectured at Universidad de los Andes and EMMAT. At present, he serves as Santiago Cruz's front-of-house (FOH) engineer (since 2005). He also worked as Carlos Vives' engineer for his 30th-anniversary tour.

    Throughout this time, he has worked on a wide variety of festivals as FOH and broadcast engineer, including Festival Estéreo Picnic, Rock al Parque, Jazz al Parque, and Salsa al Parque, among others.

    Education

    Master, Master in Audiovisual Creation

    Award Date: 22 Sep 2018

    Bachelor, Bachelor of Science

    Award Date: 15 Apr 2004

    Associated academic programs - Bogotá

    • Music Studies
    • Master's Degree in Music

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
      SDG 4 Quality Education