BIO

Grammy-nominated Italian-Venezuelan composer Alvaro Paiva-Bimbo has been part of the teams that created music for the Oscar-nominated films Encanto, Bardo, and Nyad; box office hits The Mother, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, or Mea Culpa; successful TV shows like My Life with the Walter Boys, Patriot, or Selena; and awarded independent gems like Free Color, 3 Beauties, or Leave Us Here. A frequent collaborator of renowned composers and songwriters such as Linda Perry, Gustavo Dudamel, Germaine Franco, Carlo Siliotto, Dara Taylor, Joseph Shirley, among others, he has worked on over 50 movies.

With a well-developed career as a composer, producer, songwriter, orchestrator, arranger, conductor, and guitarist before moving from Caracas to Hollywood, Paiva-Bimbo has also worked with hundreds of international music artists from very different music genres: Diane Warren, Luis Enrique, Becky G, Bryce Dessner, Los Amigos Invisibles, Alejandra Guzmán, Nella Rojas, La Vida Bohème, Luisito Quintero, Carla Morrison, Ilan Chester, Anat Cohen, Bronco, Servando Primera, Ralph Irizarry, Pacho Flores, Ximena Sariñana, Guaco, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, etc.

Alvaro’s prolific output encompasses music for film, tv, classical, jazz, latin, and theater. It has been performed in five continents, recorded for labels as distinguished as Deutsche Grammophon, and received rave reviews. Equally at home in diverse instrumental formats, he leads ensembles Cabijazz (salsa/jazz), Kapicúa (Venezuelan roots), Filarmónica Desenredada (orchestral), and Movida Acústica Urbana; with ten records released so far. His albums “Rock & MAU” Vol I & II led a revival of Venezuelan folklore music, playing more than 400 concerts that unprecedentedly brought young audiences closer to the traditional genres of his native country.

This devotion to the lush musical culture of Latin America is a keystone of his musical voice, and so is his extensive academic formation: Alvaro studied Composition, Classical Guitar, Jazz, and Conducting at Manhattan School of Music, Universidad Central de Venezuela, and the Pedro Nolasco Colón Conservatory. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, and speaks four languages. He attributes all success to God and his teachers, starting with his mother and grandmother.