Jannet Alvarado Delgado

Pianist, composer and musicologist Jannet Alvarado was born in Ecuador. She holds a doctoral degree from the Catholic University of Argentina, a master’s degree in music and a diploma in investigation from the University of Cuenca and a bachelor’s degree in musicology from the Catholic University of Ecuador. She also studied in Cuenca’s “José María Rodríguez” Conservatory. Currently she is the Director of Investigation on the Faculty of Arts of the University of Cuenca, where she also teaches several classes. Alvarado has composed De las concesiones, for orchestra; Ciclo de composiciones contemporáneas, on Ecuadorean texts for soprano, strings and piano; Letanía, for strings and percussion; Chacona, for symphonic band; the operas, Ipiak y Súa and El Jurupi encantado; Vanitas Vanitatum, for mixed choir; as well as works for piano and chamber ensembles. She has published books and articles and is frequently invited as a participant of national and international musicological encounters.