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Auckland-based musician Justin Villaflores is a composer, sound designer, and multi-instrumentalist, who is currently undertaking a Bachelor of Music, postgraduate honours degree with a specialisation in composition from the University of Auckland. Some of his current work includes composing for video games, films, the concert stage, and more.

Justin is the 2026 Young Composer-in-Residence with Auckland Philharmonia, where he is commissioned to compose numerous works for orchestra and chamber groups. He is also a current SPLICE Fellowship composer, where his work has premiered internationally at the University of Tulsa and the Hartt School of Music. Justin is a first prize awardee of various scholarships and competitions like the NZTrio Composing Competition, Play Our Preludes, Protel Music Technology Innovation Prize, Lilburn Trust Composition Award, Llewelyn Jones Prize, Indie Film Music Contest, and Cloud Road Music Production Competition. His compositions have been performed and workshopped in collaboration with professional ensembles, most notably NZTrio, Moth Quartet, Auckland Chamber Choir, and Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.Justin’s passions lie in exploring and involving himself through experimental music-making, performance, and improvisation. He incorporates a variety of multimedia, cross-cultural and cross-genre practices to diversify his sonic palette.

One of Justin’s larger scale goals is to share overlooked social injustices and his personal experiences in his work as he endeavours to support the voices of those who are silenced in oppression. Freedom of expression in all art forms is important to his artistic process as he explores the crevices of the human condition.

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