Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Toto Alvarez


Luis "Toto" Alvarez
 
Composer, guitarist and improviser, born 72 in Viña del Mar, Chile, active as producer and musician.

Present in the music scene since 1992 and since 2001 has participated actively in the field of research, improvisation and experimental radio, creating in that year the elsilencio imprint, for the distribution of phonograms autonomous.

Concerts, recordings and collaborations with international musicians such as:
Eva Moltchanova, Christof Kurzmann, Zbigniew Karkowski,
Lukax Santana, Carlos Canales, Tetuzi Akiyama, Ryuta Kawabata, Leonel Kaplan, Eden Carrasco, Sam Nacht, Tatsuya Nakatani, Reynaldo Young.

His work for the film has been shown in numerous festivals in America, Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, participating in nominations with composers like John Zorn and Ennio Morricone.

Recent films as Composer and Performer:

- John and the Virgin Mary, Marian Mathews. 2010
- Riquelme, Samuel Leon. 2010
- Bitter, Iñaki Moulian. 2010
- Arcana, Christopher Vincent. 2005





source: http://silenciototo.cl/