Education
He studied a bachelor in jazz at the Escuela Superior de Música from 1982 to 1987.
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He then taught himself to play the saxophone and made his professional debut with Cuarteto Mexicano de Jazz in 1984. Later, he moved to New York City and continued his studies of composition and improvisation at the Creative Music Studio with Anthony Braxton, George Lewis, Roscoe Mitchell and Don Cherry. In 1988, he traveled to Paris where his musical development was strengthened by taking classes with the composer-sax player Steve Lacy.
Since 1991, he has been a professor of saxophone and jazz at the Escuela Nacional de Música of the Universidad Autónoma de México (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México).
In February 2004, he traveled to Europe, invited by Georg Hoffman, Swiss bass player, and Tobias Delius, British saxophonist, touring several cities in Switzerland and the Netherlands with them. In 2005, he took a course in advanced improvisation at the Vancouver Creative Music Institute with George Lewis and Evan Parker, among others
In June 2006, he was invited to play in the Vision Festival, the most important free jazz festival in New York by Dennis González, Texan trumpet player. In October 2005, Cráneo de Jade performed at the Palacio de Bellas Artes as a part of the Los Diez Grandes del Jazz, a tribute to the pioneers of jazz in México.
In April 2007, Cráneo de Jade attended the VII Festival Internacional de San Luis Potosí.
In October 2006, Astillero joined the 34th edition of the Festival Internacional Cervantino. He has performed live with musicians like Sabir Mateen, Rodrigo Amado, Dennis, Stefan and Aaron González, Ernest Dawkins, Vinz Vonlanthen, Michael Vatcher, Tayeb Laoufi and the Gnawa Spirit from Morocco. He has performed live and recorded with the Camerata de las Américas.
Chocolate Smoke Gang
Álvarez - Lauber Duo
Antimateria
Cráneo de Jade
Fetal alcohol syndrome Trio
Remi Álvarez Trio
Carlos Maldonado Cisneros
Milo Tamez
Aarón Cruz
Gabriel Lauber
Hernan Hecht
Itzam Cano
Gustavo Nandayapa
Arturo Báez
Jorge Fernández
David Sánchez.
Achievements
Membership
He has been a member of Astillero ensemble since 2000, performing in France in 2001 and 2004. Currently, he is a member of Antimateria, Fetal alcohol syndrome Trio, Cráneo de Jade ensembles. He plays in a duet with Gabriel Lauber and runs his own trio: Remi Álvarez Trio.
