Reana Kirzten
About Reana
Reana Kirzten Villanueva is a U.S.-based musician, artist, and creative director working at the intersection of audio, technology, media, and entertainment. As a graduate of Berklee College of Music, she earned her Bachelor’s in Electronic Production & Sound Design with minors in Visual Media and Electronic Performance on the World Tour Scholarship. She performed at venues such as the Red Room at 939 and the renowned Agganis Arena, and was recognized as a creative visionary with the Thrive Scholarship, 2024 Best of Berklee Club Executive of the Year Award, and the selection of her debut single, "Breakthrough", for the Berklee EPD Compilation Album out of 3,000+ submissions.
After Berklee, Reana worked as an Audio Post-Producer and Voiceover Artist for the leading tech firms, Mercor and xAI. She recently became the first female music technologist to join Cryo Mix as a Music Tech UGC/Marketing Growth Intern, and has received online audio mixing and entrepreneurship certifications from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and iZotope x We Make Noise (WMN)'s joint programs. She is part of the GRAMMY U program of The Recording Academy, as well as a member of Loop Waves and the Association of Music Producers (AMP). Her music production, audio-visual, and performance work garnered thousands of views online, earning recognition from companies such as Novation and Avid. She recently worked with Grammy-nominated artists and directors, producing Ableton electronic arrangements under supervision of Claire Marie Lim and contributing as an Audio Editor to Nona Hendryx's Cyboracle 2026 Interactive Crown Experience within Dream Machine XR Studio.
As an independent artist under KIRZTEN, she produces and performs electronic music centered on themes of self-empowerment and optimism, with features in blogs such as Section 36 Music and top-ranked U.K.-based Right Chord Music (RCM) Indie Collective. Beyond her artistry, she is the Founder of KIRZTEN Productions, a music technology platform providing educational and accessible resources for global creators, and the Creative Director of the film-multimedia project, CHROMA Connect, leading a 50+ member team that uplifts young creatives and advocates for versatility across the arts. Reana continues to collaborate with international production teams while preparing to release her upcoming debut EP, Rejuvenate.
Reana's Story
Since childhood, Reana had formal training and performance experience in the pop, ballad, and musical theatre vocal styles, along with classical piano. She participated in the Certificate of Merit program of the Music Teachers’ Association of California (MTAC), where she was taught by Ophelia Raboca, Founder of the San Jose Academy of Music (SJAM), and received annual certificates for the study of piano proficiency. Reana earned the Branch Honors and New Materials Awards as a result of her soaring scores on MTAC’s Certificate of Merit evaluation. Reana soon developed a strong fondness for electronic music in the Spring of 2016, when she discovered the song, Smoke by Au5 and Fractal, during a road trip from Las Vegas. Her love for the track's unconventional sonic modulations sparked her passion for production, and she became inspired to create her own music starting with mobile DAWs at the age of 17.
After graduating high school, Reana broadened her artistic skillset upon the arrival of the 2020 Pandemic. At the time, she directed three projects : Luminescence, a virtual electronic pop-rock band; Project Protection Alliance, a musical-action stop-motion project, and Melodious Epiphany, an animated voice-acted multimedia franchise with original soundtracks and special episodes. Through these, she obtained additional skills in scriptwriting, digital design, video editing, and voice acting. On the side, she provided voiceover work for the Garupa Pico English Fandub, a project behind the fan-made english adaptation of Bushiroad's Chibi Series, Garupa Pico.
At Berklee, she advanced her production skills in industry-standard DAWs and immersed herself into the experimental realm of electronic performance. Her growing knowledge led her to produce Breakthrough, a cinematic electro-fusion song with empowering themes of passion and authenticity. This song alludes to a restrictive period in Reana's life, with a profound message encouraging others to fulfill their desires. Reana writes powerful call-to-action pieces that pull others out of the shadows.
