Reana Kirzten
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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.
Reana worked as a Audio Post-Producer and Voiceover Intelligence Analyst 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/Blog Marketing Creator, and is currently working with Premiere Digital as a Mastering Technician, providing audio post services to major entertainment companies, such as Netflix, Disney+, Paramount, NBC Universal, Lionsgate, and Warner Bros. Reana 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 an active member of Loop Waves, the Association of Music Producers (AMP), and part of the GRAMMY U program of The Recording Academy. 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 as an Audio Editor and Music Arranger for Grammy-Winning artists, including Claire Marie Lim (dolltr!ck) and Nona Hendryx (LaBelle) under Dream Machine XR.
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 & accessible resources for global creators, as well as the Creative Director and Scriptwriter of the film-multimedia project, CHROMA Connect, leading a 50+ member team that uplifts creatives and advocates for artistic versatility. 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 Age 17.
After graduating high school, Reana broadened her artistic skillset through the stagnation instigated by the 2020 Pandemic. She founded the independent entertainment company, Mixed Eclipse Entertainment, and directed two projects under the organization : Melodious Epiphany, an animated voice-acted multimedia franchise with original soundtracks and special episodes, along with Project Protection Alliance, a dystopian action stop-motion project. While directing, she obtained extensive knowledge in scriptwriting, digital design, and video editing. On the side, she was the Lead Singer and Producer of Luminescence, a virtual electronic pop-rock band, as well as a Voice Actress under the artistic alias, Euphonic Owl, for the Garupa Pico English Fandub, an english adaptation project of Bushiroad's Japanese Chibi Series, Garupa Pico. Her voice acting reel with project snippets amassed up to 57k+ views online.
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.
