Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann's music has been performed throughout the United States, Latin America and Europe. He has won awards such as the 2007 Aaron Copland Award, a Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a and a fellowship from Vitae, Associação de Apoio à Cultura, one of the most prestigious awards for artists in Brazil. His work Siray was a finalist in the 2005 ALEA III International Competition and was performed by the Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble Wien® during its 2006-7 world tour. His orchestral work Pasiphaë, has gained recognition as winner of the Jacob Druckman Award from the Aspen Music Festival, honorable mention at the Lepo Sumera Orchestral Competition in Estonia and, and winner of the 2008 New England Philharmonic Call for Scores (performance forthcoming).

In 2008 he will be composer-in-residence at SLAM (Seattle Latin American Music) Festival for which he received a Meet the Composer grant. He is currently Assistant Professor of Music Theory/Composition at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is also co-director of NEXTET, UNLV New Music ensemble and of N.E.O.N., Nevada Encounters of New Music.

Jorge Grossmann studied violin and composition in his native Lima and subsequently in São Paulo, Brazil. After earning a bachelor's degree in violin performance from Faculdade Santa Marcelina (São Paulo, Brazil), he moved to Miami to pursue graduate studies in composition at Florida International University. In 2004 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in composition at Boston University. He has studied composition with Paulo Maron, Fredrick Kaufman, John Harbison, and Lukas Foss.