JUAN CAMPOVERDE Q was born in Cuenda, Ecuador, where he studied music at the National Conservatory of Music and at the Pontificial University. Through a Fulbright Scholarship, he continued his studies in the United States at the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. Recently, he graduated from the University of California, San Diego, where he earned a Ph.D. in music composition, studying with Roger Reynolds.

His music has been performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ecuador, the Philharmonic Orchestra of the University of Cincinnati, SONOR (the Music Ensemble of the University of California, San Diego), the Excelsior Quartet (as part of the ISCM World Music Days 2001 in Yokohama), by L'Ensemble Intercontemporian in France, and by the KammerensembleN, during the ISCM World Music Days 2002 in Hong Kong.