Javier Alvarez Javier Alvarez Mérida In the words of musicologist, Yolanda Moreno Rivas, “ Javier Alvarez (Mexico City, 1956) is probably the most interesting Mexican musician born in the 1950’s. An alert musical intelligence, sustained by the command of a plurality of techniques and an eclectic perspective has yielded a vigorous and multifaceted oeuvre with a highly original evolution. “ Composer of a large body of work, which encompasses music for the concert hall, the cinema and electroacoustics, Javier Alvarez began composition studies with Mario Lavista at the National Conservatory of Music, obtaining a Masters Degree at the University of Wisconsin with John Downey. In 1980, he continued his studies at the Royal College of Music, obtaining a Doctorate at the City University in London, in England, where he lived until 2005. In addition to his prolific creative career, which has won him ample international recognition, Alvarez boasts a 25-year long academic calling, having taught composition at the Royal College of Music and at the University of Hertfordshire. During 1989 he headed Sonic Arts Network, the society for electroacoustic music in Britain and, in 1995, he held the Artistic Directorship of the Society for the Promotion of New Music (SPNM). In addition to a 3-year residency at the Music Academy in Malmö, in Sweden, Alvarez has been visiting professor at the Paris Conservatoire and at the City University in London, becoming involved in 2004, as a founding director of the Escuela Superior de Artes Musicales de Yucatán educational project. In 2000 he was awarded the Mozart Medal and subsequently distinguished by the Sistema Nacional de Creadores (FONCA). Since 2005, Javier Alvarez is a Member of the Mexican Academy of Arts and, in 2007, he was appointed Dean of the Conservatorio de las Rosas, position held until 2011. He currently lives in Mérida, in the Yucatan peninsula, where he is active as an independent composer. Javier Alvarez’s tracks Lluvia de Toritos by Javier Alvarez published on 2021-01-22T00:45:58Z Te Espera Esa Chispa by Javier Alvarez published on 2015-12-28T16:25:47Z Mambo Vinko by Javier Alvarez published on 2013-09-18T18:37:06Z Petenera by Javier Alvarez published on 2013-09-05T23:46:31Z Metal de Corazones by Javier Alvarez published on 2013-06-25T23:18:28Z Calacas Imaginarias - IV. Percute tu atabal by Javier Alvarez published on 2013-06-25T18:45:52Z Calacas Imaginarias-II. Vivo sin vivir en mi + III.Aqui yace la púrpura dormida by Javier Alvarez published on 2013-06-25T18:38:49Z Calacas Imaginarias - I. Remover Migaja Completo by Javier Alvarez published on 2013-06-25T18:31:47Z Te espera esa Chispa by Javier Alvarez published on 2013-06-25T18:12:54Z Jardines con Palmera by Javier Alvarez published on 2012-07-17T15:47:57Z
Calacas Imaginarias-II. Vivo sin vivir en mi + III.Aqui yace la púrpura dormida by Javier Alvarez published on 2013-06-25T18:38:49Z