Alejandro Lobo
Costa Rican American composer and guitarist Alejandro Lobo (b. 2004) crafts music that immerses listeners in “harmonically rich” and “narratively driven” sonic ecosystems. His work is marked by a nuanced attention to detail that ensures “every note is intentional” (the Review). His recent projects engage with gradual transformation, environmental/biological phenomena, and the architecture of language and culture.
Lobo’s strong ties to his Costa Rican heritage are deeply expressed through his music. This heritage traces back to his great grandfather, Raúl Cabezas Duffner, founder of the country’s National Conservatory and the first Costa Rican to perform at Carnegie Hall. Lobo returns often to compose, perform, and visit his family.
A Mária Telkes Distinguished Scholar, Lobo is currently Composer-in-Residence with the Wilmington Classical Guitar Society and studies at the University of Delaware with composers Yoshiaki Onishi, Rachael Smith, and Jennifer Barker.
Alejandro Lobo - Trivariate Sonorities (2025) experiments for cello
Alejandro Lobo - Oscillations (2025) for violin
Alejandro Lobo - Dialogues on Self-Sabotage (2025) for flute
Alejandro Lobo - come, help me die (2025) for soprano and piano
Alejandro Lobo - calloused pages, turned by a tortured friend (2025)
Alejandro Lobo - Homenaje a Costa Rica (2025) for marimba
Alejandro Lobo - Parrot Food (2025) for flute
Alejandro Lobo - The Burning Man (2024) for percussion sextet
Alejandro Lobo - Bottle Up the Sun (2024) for TTBB Choir
Alejandro Lobo - The Heart Behind Bars (2022) for clarinet, viola, and piano
Alejandro Lobo - Held Dear (2024) for piano
Alejandro Lobo - Composition Senior Recital (Full Replay)
Alejandro Lobo - The Ninth Wave (2025) | Duo for Percussion & Piano | Score Follow
Alejandro Lobo - calloused pages, turned by a tortured friend (2025)
Alejandro Lobo - the Voices of the City (2025) | SATB Divisi and Piano Accompaniment | Score Follow
Alejandro Lobo - The Ninth Wave (2025) | Percussion and Piano
the first contemporary music piece I wrote as a college composer
The Voices of the City - Alejandro Lobo
Beneath the Flickering Flame - Alejandro Lobo (2024 Live Performance)
Held Dear - Alejandro Lobo (2024 Live Performance)
Bottle Up The Sun - Alejandro Lobo (2024 Live Performance)
i'm so lonely
you feel like home
Out of the Blue - Alejandro Lobo, Mei Tobin, Daniel Swamy
in the sky
all night
i wrote this about her
driftwood
traffic lights