BIO
Alvaro Paiva-Bimbo is a Venezuelan-Italian composer, orchestrator, and conductor with 60+ film and television projects, including work on the Oscar-nominated films Encanto, Bardo, and Nyad. His music is shaped by old-school orchestral craft, Latin American roots, and jazz colors.
A Latin Grammy-winning and Grammy-nominated recording producer with ten albums to his name, Paiva-Bimbo’s work ranges from compositions in the Deutsche Grammophon catalogue to collaborations with Gustavo Dudamel, Diane Warren, Los Amigos Invisibles, and leading artists across classical, film, Latin, jazz, and popular music.
He studied composition and orchestration at the Manhattan School of Music under Giampaolo Bracali, a disciple of Nadia Boulanger, and holds additional degrees in classical guitar, conducting, and computer science. He works fluently in English, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.