List of international awards, commissions and grants
The record of awards and distinctions published on otondo.net documents a 27-year trajectory (1999–2026) comprising 79 entries: 23 competition prizes (first, second and third places), 26 finalist positions or nominations without an award, 16 research and creative grants or funding awards, 8 artistic commissions, 5 institutional recognitions and 1 honourable mention.
Felipe Otondo’s career began with a master’s scholarship at Aalborg University in 1999, followed by two European research grants linked to IRCAM—the MOSART and DOREMI projects, in 2001–2002. Between 2006 and 2007, while based in England, he received a series of compositional commissions, including a BAFTA Award for the radio work The Glassman for BBC Radio 4, as well as a doctoral scholarship from the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Between 2008 and 2012, the work Irama accounted for the period’s principal achievements, receiving first prizes at Computer Space in Sofia and MUSICACOUSTICA in Beijing, as well as the Quartz Radio France International Prize in Paris. The period of greatest activity, however, took place between 2013 and 2019, when the Night Study series accumulated 17 distinctions—including three first prizes in 2013 alone, in Prague, Yekaterinburg and Vienna—while the soundtrack for the documentary 327 Cuadernos received seven recognitions at film festivals, including San Sebastián, the Premio Sur and the Fénix Awards. This period also concentrated the three Fondecyt/Conicyt grants and several awards from Chile’s National Arts Council.
From 2018 onwards, the Soundlapse project emerged, focusing on Valdivia’s urban wetlands. It received the Avonni Patagonia Award in 2020, two first prizes at Computer Space in the same year, and was a finalist for the Lumen Prize for Art and Technology in London in 2021. Its website also received independent recognitions in 2024. The most recent period has been marked by the work Makuta, which accumulated four consecutive distinctions between 2024 and 2026, culminating in a Second-Degree Diploma at the international SYNC.2026 competition in Russia.
In summary, the record shows 23 prizes — of which 13 were first-place wins, 5 second-place finishes, 1 third place, and 4 distinctions without a numerical ranking (SYNC.2026, HUB Sustentabilidad, Avonni, and BAFTA) — 8 commissions or artistic encargos split between Chile and the UK/Europe (2006–2015), and 2 honorary mentions, one at Musica Nova 2012 (Prague) and another at Computerspace 2024 (Sofia).