Alejandro Álvarez Pérez

Born in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, in 2001. Since 2019, he studies at the Reina Sofía School of Music’s Fundación Banco Santander Piano Chair, first with professor Galina Eguiazarova and currently with professor Stanislav Ioudenitch, having received the Diploma to the most outstanding student of his chair in 2021. He has been granted scholarships by Consejería de Educación, Universidades y Ciencia de la Comunidad de Madrid and Fundación Albéniz.

He started studying piano at the age of four under the guidance of Inmaculada García Soria and later continued with Tamara Harutyunyan. He finished the professional degree with the highest qualifications and received the extraordinary prize of Castilla La Mancha. He has subsequently received masterclasses from Ralf Gothóni, Stanislav Ioudenitch, and Matthew Wilkie among others, and, during the Santander Encounter of Music and Academy, from Claudio Martínez Mehner, Galina Eguiazarova, Joan Enric Lluna, and Adrian Thompson (chamber duo), among others.

He has been awarded first prize in national and international competitions. He has attended classes by Ana Guijarro and Elena Orobio, as well as by Grigory Gruzman, Stanislav Pochekin, and Jacques Rouvier.

As a student of the School, he has been part of the Sinfonietta under the baton of Johannes Kalitzke, and he has performed within the World Heritage Cities in Cuenca and Córdoba. He has been a member of the Prosegur Albéniz Ensemble and the Schola and the Poulenc trios. He is currently part of the Ravel Duo.