Juan Pablo Contreras (b. 1987, Guadalajara, Mexico) is a Latin GRAMMY®-nominated composer and conductor. His works combine Western classical and Mexican folk music in a single soundscape and have been performed by 40 major orchestras in the United States, Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Colombia, Slovakia, and Venezuela. Contreras is celebrated as the first Mexican composer to sign a record deal with Universal Music, serve as Sound Investment Composer with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and win the BMI William Schuman Prize.