Bruno Robles-Rendón (b. 2004) is a first generation Mexican-American  music composer, performer, educator, organizer, and producer raised in Brooklyn, New York. He has written music for various ensembles including Mantra Percussion, JACK Quartet, the Bergamot String Quartet, MACE, ASTRA, and the Mannes Orchestra. He was the founder and director of the concert series "Notes After," which featured the voices of 5 to 9 young emerging composers every concert. Bruno's music is largely inspired by themes of childhood, memory, neurodivergence, nature, and anti-fascism. His work is rooted in contemporary classical music but often extends beyond through electronics, song, and sound art. Bruno views musical creation as more than creative expression; it is also a means of learning about people, the world, and himself.

Bruno is currently a 4th year student at the Mannes School of Music in a 5-year program containing both a BM in Composition and an MA in Arts Management and Entrepreneurship. Following two years of study with David T. Little and Christopher Cerrone, he now studies composition with Mary Kouyoumdjian.

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Bruno is currently preparing the premier of a large scale work called "Thawing Ice" centered around the persecution of immigrants in the US that already has been warned to be at an early stage of a genocide by Genocide Watch and the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention. This piece is written to be a solo piece performed by him featuring cello, heavy electronics, and his original poetry.

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As an activist, Bruno strives for the dismantling of oppressive systems while working to reimagine his own music scene as one accessible and open to all. In 2023, he joined Jazz Against Genocide as a composer and performer, an organization that merges his artistic practice with boots-on-the-ground activism.

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As an educator, Bruno believes that access to musical education should be accessible to everyone. He is the designer and developer of the ear training app called Trichord Trainer using SM-2 spaced reptition techniques to make aural skill development more effective, easy, and engaging for learners at all levels. This is just the beginning of a widespread online educational suite he intends to create.