Juanjo Ortí es batería graduado “Magna Cum Laude” en Berklee College of Music (1996). Ha asistido a “Master Classes” de Jim Chaplin, Horacio “el Negro” Hernández, Adam Nussbaum, Gregg Bissonette, Gary Burton, Alex Acuña, y  Dennis Chambers entre otros, así como a infinidad de seminarios sobre batería.

Su actividad profesional en éste país se desarrolla tanto en el Jazz como en la fusión y en proyectos musicales de todo tipo. Ha formado y/o forma parte de un gran numero de grupos (Polo Ortí Trío, Canaima, Blue, Kike Perdomo Trío, Ximo Tebar Band, Anne Peters, etc.), y ha compartido cartel con artistas como Yellow Jackets, Herbie Hancock, Tete Montoliu, Eric Marienthal Band, Michel Camilo, etc.

Ha participado en numerosos festivales Nacionales e Internacionales  y muestras de música dentro y fuera del ámbito nacional.

Su actividad docente le ha llevado a dar seminarios en Marsella (Francia) donde también ha hecho gira y grabado un CD con el grupo francés “Canaima”.

Drummer Juanjo Ortí graduated Magna Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music (1996). He has attended master classes with Jim Chaplin, Horacio ‘el Negro’ Hernández, Adam Nussbaum, Gregg Bissonette, Gary Burton, Alex Acuña, and Dennis Chambers among others, as well as dozens of clinics on drum playing.

His professional activity in this country is developed in the Jazz and Fusion fields and almost all kind of musical projects. He has played and/or is playing with many groups (Polo Ortí Trío, Canaima, Blue, Kike Perdomo Trío, Ximo Tebar Band, Anne Peters, etc.), and has also been featured with a supporting band with artists including Yellow Jackets, Herbie Hancock, Tete Montoliu, Eric Marienthal Band, Michel Camilo and many others.

He has actively participated in many National and International Festivals and Music Exhibitions nationwide and abroad.

His academic activity led him to give clinics in Marseille (France) where he has also been on tour and has recorded a CD with the French group ‘Canaima’.