Born in Venezuela in a family of teachers, Alvaro has over 30 years of teaching all stringed instruments in the guitar family and jazz piano. He has contributed original music and orchestrations for films and TV series, including titles like Encanto, Bardo, and Nyad. As a performer he has toured worldwide playing classical, jazz, Latin, and world music. Alvaro studied composition, classical guitar, and jazz at Manhattan School of Music (NY), Univ Central de Venezuela, and the Pedro Nolasco Colón Conservatory.