Ignacio Briceno

(Lima, 1986)

Ignacio Briceno is a Peruvian musical artist and writer based in Berlin since 2020, where he is currently pursuing a Master of Arts degree at the Universität der Künste.

With a bachelor’s degree in Hispanomerican Literature from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Briceno has intertwined his academic background in literature with a DIY career in music and arts, giving shape to an interrelationship between composition, performing arts, narrative and discourse analysis. His musical body of work spans from punk and experimental bands, to live improvisation and collaborations within different disciplines; composing for performances pieces, dance, theater, films and video.

In recent years, he has mantained a close working relationship with fellow peruvian artist Alejandra Cardenas, with whom he has made on original music and sound design, for the dance theater performance “#MYBODYMYCHOICE”, directed by Lauren Pringle, presented at the Radical Sounds Latin America festival in Funkhaus, Berlin; three original songs for the Peruvian film “Tiempos Futuros”, directed by Víctor Checa, which premiered at Taillin’s Black Nights Festival; contributed a video art piece “Deep Panic” to Christian Graupner’s “Collaborative Stream Scape” project; made the radioart piece “Quién hace tante bulla” for Lumpen Station; and composed and recorded the music for the Braunschweig State Theater’s production of Antigone.

He presented the audiovisual work “MayRhythmOvercomeTheHorrorOfWriting” at the Dystopia Sound Art Biennial 2024 in Berlin.

He is currently working on the screenplay for the film “El Último Rey” (The Last of Kings) with Víctor Checa, which has been part of La Fabrique within the Cannes Film Festival and Open Doors Project Lab at Locarno Film Festival, and has been awarded the Production Fund from the Ministerio de Cultura Perú.