Alejandro Vela

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"Vela plays with great sentiment, elegance, exceptional technique and a profound musicality." - Mundo Clásico

Praised for his power to carry an audience away through his ability to create an atmosphere of mystery and sensuous beauty, Alejandro Vela is a pianist of Northern Mexican origin now performing in concert halls worldwide. Alejandro Vela is currently an Opus Music artist. Recent solo recitals have brought him to the capital cities of Rome, Paris, Prague, Budapest, Vienna, Berlin, Helsinki, Kiev, Tokyo and Taipei.

Alejandro Vela has performed as soloist with most of the Mexican orchestras including the Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México, the Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México, the Orquesta Sinfónica Carlos Chávez, the Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco, the Filarmónica del Estado de Querétaro, the Camerata de Coahuila and with many American ones, including the Chicago Symphony and the Houston Symphony led by Christoph Eschenbach, as well as orchestras in Israel, Canada and the Dominican Republic. He has appeared at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, El Paso Pro-Musica concert series, Alice Tully Hall in New York, National Arts Center in Mexico and the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Recently, Vela gave acclaimed performances at the Sibelius Academy in Finland, Ó budai Társaskör in Budapest, Canadian Opera Company Piano Virtuoso Series in Toronto, Mexico City's Sala Nezahualcóyotl, Festival de México and the National Concert Hall in Taiwan. Other recent highlights include national broadcasts and radio appearances in over 20 countries.

Born and raised in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Alejandro Vela received his first piano lessons from his mother Hortensia Vela Mante, and later from Robert Avalon. Upon the advice of Maestro Eschenbach, Alejandro studied with Yoheved Kaplinsky at the Juilliard School where he holds both a Bachelor and a Master’s degree.