Chuchito Sanoja

'''Jesús "Chuchito" Bernardo Sanoja Soteldo

Professional activity

Sanoja began his career as a Venezuelan "cuatro" performer in the group "Tres x Cuatro", that included "cuatristas" such as Alí Agüero and Roberto Todd. At a later time double bassist Michael Berti and drummer Frank Rosales joined the group to form another ensemble called Bossa Nova 4, where Sanoja played the guitar. Bossa Nova 4 was the first Venezuelan musical group dedicated to the interpretation of Brazilian music in Venezuela.

After concluding his musical studies in Germany and Switzerland at the beginning of the sixties, Sanoja returned to Venezuela and dedicated himself entirely to composition and musical production for radio and TV commercials, through his company called "Musica y Letra C.A."

Sanoja has created music for numerous national films, such as "País Portátil" (1979), "Mayami Nuestro"; "Muerte en el Paraíso" (1981); "Adiós Miami, "Los Muertos Sí Salen" (1976), as well as "Queridos compañeros" and "El Vividor" (1977); he has composed institutional music for the Museo de los Niños, the Universidad Simón Bolívar, the Hospital Ortopédico Infantil, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela and the Ballet Metropolitano of Caracas. He has collaborated with renowned artists such as Simón Diaz, Cecilia Todd, Lilia Vera, Jeff Berlín, Eduardo Cabrera, Thomas Chapin, Alberto Naranjo, Aldemaro Romero and others.