Bio
Alvaro Rojas is an award winning guitarist and composer based in Vancouver B.C. As a guitarist he performs regularly with his trio, as well with other local artists in the pop, rock, jazz and improvised music communities. As a composer, Alvaro has had works performed by many of Canada’s finest new music groups, including the Turning Point Ensemble, Aventa Ensemble and the Microcosmos String Quartet. He has written music for choir, big band, orchestra, various chamber groups and small ensembles, and has scored numerous short films.
Alvaro is excited to be releasing his long awaited GRAN KASA album in June 2020. This album features his compositions being performed by an all star group of some of Canada’s finest musicians, and features a guest vocal by Grammy award winning Peruvian icon, Susana Baca.
Press
“Rojas blends a bevy of influences without dampening the effect of any one of them....one more example of why more attention should be paid to the Vancouver music scene.”
• Dave Sunmer, Best Jazz on Bandcamp
"Some artists break the rules, others reinvent them creating an entirely new foundation to explore their muse. Guitarist Alvaro Rojas’ Music for 22 is a masterful foray into the sublime creative crevices of Jazz.”
• Michael Ambrosino, 33third.org
“His latest record, Music for 22, is full of genre-bending and collaborative adventure...Alvaro's resonator guitar playing across the album is intriguing and not to be ignored.”
• William Chernoff Rhythmchanges.ca
“Rojas is not a musician interested in repeating himself...Anything is possible from this adept axe-man”