Alex Tentor
Electric Guitar
Alex Tentor is a guitarist and musicologist specialized in new music. His focus on questioning the boundaries of the instrument has led him to develop projects involving classical and electric guitar, improvisation and close collaborations with composers.
His career has taken him to collaborate closely with international ensembles such as Shockwave, Schallfeld, Riot Ensemble, km² duo, UFA sextet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ensemble Bayona, Vertex Container, or Ensemble XXI and conductors Peter Rundel, Nacho de Paz and Jonathan Nott. Active comissioner of new repertoire for his instrument, he has premiered works by Elena Rykova, Arturo Corrales, Aleksandra Bajde, Bára Gísladóttir, Morgan Ågren, José María Sánchez Verdú, Alberto Bernal, Diego Jiménez Tamame, Guillermo Cobo, and Avshalom Ariel among others. In 2019 Alex graduated with honours at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón, Spain, where during his studies with Àlex Garrobé. In 2021 he graduated summa cum laude in his master from the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, under the guidance of Nico Couck. He currently teaches classical guitar at Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya in Barcelona.
