Ednaldo José dos Santos Alves was born in Condado, a small Brazilian city in the country side of Pernambuco State. He started study music in a March Band of his city called June 28 Philharmonic. He received his Music educator/Performance degree from Federal University of Paraíba in Brazil. In 2015 he was invited to be an artist musician of the Paraíba’s first meeting of clarinetists. Mr. Ednaldo Alves is an active freelancer in the Los Angeles area, performing in solo, chamber, and orchestral settings.
Ednaldo has received many national and international musical honors throughout his career, and performed as a concerto soloist with several ensembles including Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra, Youth Symphony Orchestra of Paraíba, March Band of Paraíba and June 28 Philharmonic.
Mr. Ednaldo Alves studied principally with professor Erilson Oliveira, Carlos Rieiro and Arimatéia Veríssimo. He also had master classes with Yehuda Gilad (USA), Baldeyrou Nicolas (France), Luiz Rossi (Chile), José Taborda (Colombia), Antonio Saiote (Portugal), Cristiano Alves (Brazil), Ovanir Buosi (OSESP-Brazil), Sérgio Burgani (OSESP-Brazil), and José Freitas (Brazil). In January 2015 He was invited by Dr. D. Ray McClellan to participate in an Exchange Program in The University of Georgia in which he had lessons under the professor.
Currently Mr. Ednaldo Alves studies under Michele Zukovsky and is part of the APU symphony orchestra, APU wind ensemble as the Principal Clarinet player and is the founder member of the 2x1 trio.
