Alejandro Vera

Alejandro Vera was born in Torreón, Coahuila México, in 1990. He studied Music Composition under Roberto Carlos Flores at UANL in Monterrey, Mx, and earned his Master’s under Berislav Šipuš at the Muzička Akademija Sveučilišta u Zagrebu.

In 2013, he was selected for the composition course with Salvatore Sciarrino and Luis Bacalov at Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. In 2014, he attended the International Course for Composers Synthetis with Zygmunt Krauze, Alessandro Solbiati, Chen Yi, Paul Patterson, and Paul Hendrich at Radziejowice Palace, Poland.

Additionally, he attended master classes with Carola Bauckholt, Pedro Oliveira, Ivan Fedele, Julio Estrada, among others.

His music has been performed by ensembles like Irvine Arditti, Cantus Ansambl, Siqueiros Trio, Borderlands Ensemble, Maciej Frąckiewicz, Juanmanuel Flores, Wilfrido Terrazas, Cromano Quartet, Chamber Orchestra of UANL, Prana Quintet, Andrea Pedron, and Eusebio Sanchez, in Italy, Croatia, U.S., Spain, Colombia, Poland, and Mexico.

He collaborated twice with the Ballet de Monterrey, arranging and orchestrating for the ballet "Maximiliano y Carlota" by Caleb Ruiz and Thiago Soares.

He currently teaches music theory at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey.