Alexander Tovar was born in Los Angeles, CA in 1984 to a musical family; his father and uncle, composers and his mother, a pianist. By age 10, Alexander had written his first piece of music, an opera, from the Tomie de Paola book, Strega Nona , which he wrote for his father's birthday. After his ambitious first work, Alexander formally began studying trumpet, piano, and guitar. While on his way to becoming a serious jazz trumpeter, he rediscovered composing while he was in high school. By his senior year he had decided he could develop his musical ideas at the piano, compo…
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