Richard Pena was born in Rio Piedras (PR) in 1996. He is the guitarist for the new generation of island jazz. Pena was a high school student at Escuela de Musica of San Juan. He is currently a bachelors student at the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico. Pena has participated in numerous international music events, including the Berklee Highschool Jazz Festival (2015), winner in the S3 category; Heneiken ventana al Jazz in Orlando and San Juan, Puerto Rico; Concurso Internazionale di Canto Corale, Seghizzi, Italy; and over 5 times at Long Weekends Jazz Festival; Festival; Festival de Jazz de Carolina (2018), 2019); Festival de Aniversario; and Festival de Jazz de Carolina; Festival de Jazz de Carolina; Festival de Jazz de Carolina; Festival de Jazz de Carolina; Festival de Jazz de Carolina; Festival de Jazz de Carolina, 2018 and Festival de Jazz de Carolina; Festival de Jazz de Carolina; Festival de Jazz de Carolina; Festival de Jazz de Carolina; Festival de Jazz de Jazz de Carolina; Festival de Jazz de Carolina; Festival de Jazz de Carolina; Festival de Jazz de Jazz Festival de Jazz de Aniversario