Biography

Jesús "Chuchito" Bernardo Sanoja Soteldo (b. Caracas, Venezuela, 1946) is a Venezuelan composer, arranger and producer. Sanoja descends from a family of Venezuelan musicians that include such personalities as Chucho Sanoja; Elisa Soteldo; Rafael and Ángela Soteldo; Antonio, Salvador, Virgilio and Rafael Horacio Soteldo. Sanoja studied in Caracas with professors Andres Giovanacci, Atilio Ferraro, Harriet Serr and Aldemaro Romero; and with professors Sigrid Mittendorfer in Germany, and Axel Zungblumt and Vince Benedetti in Switzerland.