Alejandro L. Madrid

Alejandro Luis Madrid-González (born August 25, 1968, Houston, Texas) is a music scholar, cultural theorist, and professor, whose research focuses on Latinx and Latin American musics and sound practices. He is professor of musicology and ethnomusicology at Cornell University.

Madrid received a B.M. in guitar performance from The Boston Conservatory, an M.F.A. in music performance from SUNY Purchase, an M.M. in musicology from University of North Texas, and a Ph.D. in musicology with a minor in comparative cultural studies from the Ohio State University.

Madrid is a recipient of the Dent Medal given by the Royal Musical Association and the International Musicological Society, the 2016 Humanities Book Award from the Latin American Studies Association-Mexico Section, the Robert M. Stevenson Award from the American Musicological Society (AMS), in 2016 and 2014, the 2012 Ruth A. Solie Award from the AMS, the 2010 Woody Guthrie Book Award from the International Association for the Study of Popular Music-US Branch, and the 2005 Casa de las Américas Prize for Latin American Musicology

He has been invited to deliver national and international keynote addresses and lectureships, including the Bruno and Wanda Nettl Distinguished Lecture in Ethnomusicology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.