Germán Alonso
Germán Alonso was born in Madrid (Spain) in 1984. He studied guitar and then composition and electronic music with Mark Andre, Michael Jarrell, Luis Naón or Mauro Lanza, among others.He has attended master classes and courses held by composers Alberto Posadas, Aureliano Cattaneo, Hèctor Parra, José María Sánchez-Verdú, Brian Ferneyhough, Yan Maresz or Franck Bedrossian.His music has been played in Europe and America, receiving commissions from the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung / Ensemble CrossingLines, Vertixe Sonora, Institut Valencià de la Música, Government of Andalusia, Encontre International de Compositors of Mallorca, etc.He was prizewinner in composition competitions 9th Composition Competition “Città di Udine”, II Seminario Permanente de Composición de Valencia and II Concurso de Composición “Carmelo Bernaola”, and finalist in the 8th Composition Competition “Città di Udine” and the Gaudeamus Prize 2013.His scores are published by BabelScores.