Puerto Rican guitarist, composer, and teacher YOVIANNA GARCIA ALVARADO is becoming known as a unique, young promise in the classical guitar scene. Born into a family of musicians in Ponce, she began violin studies at the Escuela Libre de Música Juan Morel Campos at the age of eight and later enrolled in the Instituto de Música Juan Morel Campos to study classical guitar with Santos Torres Toro and Héctor Hernández Maldonado. She later went on to earn a Bachelor of Music Degree in classical guitar performance from the Music Conservatory of Puerto Rico where she studied with Leonardo Egúrbida. She recently completed a Master of Music degree in classical guitar performance at the Hartt School of Music under the guidance of Richard Provost and Christopher Ladd.
Her compositions have been performed by artists such as the 2010 CMA/ASCAP Innovative Programming and Commitment to Featuring New Works Award winner, the Alturas Duo. García's music has been featured in festivals in Puerto Rico and the United States including most recently the New Music Hartford contemporary music festival, the Annual Women Composers Festival in Hartford, Connecticut; and the Primer Festival de Guitarra Clásica in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
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