Since 2000, Juan A. Mendoza V. has been the artistic director of the Reina Sofía School of Music. Previously, he has worked in various positions within cultural management, including as an artist manager at the Melos Konzerte agency in Vienna and with orchestras such as the Sinfonietta Baden. He has also been an opera and concert producer at the Austrian agency Opera on Original Site and at the Teatro Real.
As a professional musician, he has played in different orchestras such as the Salzburg Academic Camerata, the European Symphony Orchestra, and the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra (Canary Islands), among others. He has performed as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia, the Bogotá Philharmonic, and the Valle Chamber Orchestra, and has been invited as a jury member in several competitions in both Spain and Colombia.
His work in Madrid has been recognized within the “100 Latinos” program of the FUSIONARTE Association. In 2019, he was distinguished by the Embassy of Colombia as one of the ten most outstanding Colombians in Spain. In 2025, he received the Medal of Honor from the Reina Sofía School of Music from HM Queen Sofía.
Since its creation in 2008, the National Flute Academy of Colombia has enjoyed the “Luis Antonio Escobar” Award, which consists of two tuition scholarships granted by Juan A. Mendoza V. The “Tocar y luchar” music program of CAFAM-Bogotá and the students of the oboe professorship at the Reina Sofía School of Music enjoy several instruments contributed altruistically by Juan A. Mendoza V.
His work in Madrid has been recognized within the “100 Latinos” program of the FUSIONARTE Association. In 2019, he was distinguished by the Embassy of Colombia as one of the ten most outstanding Colombians in Spain.
In 2025, he received the Medal of Honor from the Reina Sofía School of Music from HM Queen Sofía.
Born in Bogotá, Colombia, he received his degree as an oboe soloist from the Mozarteum University of Salzburg, Austria, and later completed a postgraduate degree in Cultural Management, with a laureate master’s diploma, at the Institute of Cultural Administration-IKM of the University of Music of Vienna, thanks to a scholarship from the Mazda Foundation of Colombia.