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Javier Alvarez
Biography
b. 1956 Mexico City. Studied composition with Mario Lavista, then with John Downey at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; in London with John Lambert at Royal College of Music and at City University. Founder member and past chairman of Sonic Arts Network. Visiting professor at Malmö Academy of Music, Sweden; teaches at City University, London, and University of Hertfordshire. Output includes opera and works for chamber ensembles, solo instruments (with and without electroacoustics), voice, choir and orchestra. Has also written for film and dance.
