Classical guitarist Alex Aldridge is an educator, soloist, and chamber musician from West Des Moines, Iowa. He earned his Bachelor’s in Music at the University of Northern Iowa in 2015 under the tutelage of Robert Dunn, and his Master’s in Classical Guitar Performance in 2019 at the Hartt School with Richard Provost. Alex has performed internationally on a handful of occasions, and throughout the New England area. In addition to concertizing, he was an educator at several music studios in Connecticut from 2017-2021 before returning to Iowa.

Alex has performed in master classes for internationally acclaimed guitarists Christopher Parkening, Antgoni Goni, Gaelle Solal, Scott Tennant, Thibaut Garcia, Andrew York, Jason Vieaux, Christopher Ladd, Oscar Ghiglia and several others.

In 2018 Alex and his duo partner, flautist Sierra Schmeltzer, were awarded 2nd place in the annual Hartt School Chamber Music Competition. More recently, Alex performed on a promotional video for Luthier Toby Rzekpka which was featured during the 2020 Guitar Foundation of America’s online convention. He currently maintains a large studio at Grinnell College and resides in Ames.