About
About Artes-amp
Since 2011
Artes-amp was conceived in 2010 as a movement to provide objective training opportunities to students at the then “El Alto Municipal School of Arts,” a school filled with students with great ambition to advance their knowledge and skills. These goals were very difficult to achieve due to the low musical level of the time, coupled with the lack of advanced-level teachers and the complex methodological conditions inherent in the training system at that time.
It began as a more demanding orchestral training program. Over time, it evolved to become a comprehensive training system, adopting auditory-vocal education as the first pillar for developing understanding as well as musical instinct.
Always with a drive for improvement, in 2013 the project made a leap into the qualitative field of the instruments used, a fundamental aspect for achieving the goals that students have the potential and ambition to achieve. Adopting the principle: Heaven is within reach for those with the determination and the right tools.
About the master
Alejandro Mena Pacheco
Violinist, Violist, Luthier, and Music Educator
Alejandro Mena Pacheco (La Paz, Bolivia, 1989) is a musician with over 19 years of artistic experience on violin and viola. He has distinguished himself as a soloist, concertmaster, and section leader in prestigious groups in the country. In parallel, he has worked as a music teacher since 2009, promoting artistic education for children, youth, and adults through instrumental instruction, ensemble formation, music theory, orchestral conducting, and comprehensive training. He has always strived to maximize students’ levels and abilities. He has developed his own unique pedagogical approach to training applicable to the Bolivian social environment, which he has applied both privately and independently, as well as in all the institutions where he has collaborated.
He has been a member as a high level teacher and musician of renowned institutions such as Plurinational Conservatory of Music of Bolivia (current), Bolivia Clásica – which was one of the most important and highest-level institutions in the country, the CAF Ibero-American Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Chuquiago Marka Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Bolivia, the Clavesol Project (first generation), Municipal School of El Alto, among others. His training includes studies in musical arts, music pedagogy, educational didactics, musicians’ neural development, orchestral conducting, lutherie, and social and cultural development through the prestigious The Global Leaders Institute. In 2024, he will pursue an international diploma in Orchestral Conducting.
Alejandro also excels as a luthier, with 13 years of experience in the restoration, tuning, and construction of bowed string instruments. He offers his work from his own workshop and as a consultant for academies and cultural centers across the country.
He has been an exhibitor and judge in departmental competitions and national festivals, and has contributed to the training of new generations of musicians in different regions of Bolivia, consolidating his commitment to the country’s artistic and cultural development.
Office Hours
Daily – 9:30 to 18:30 pm
Saturday – 14:30 to 18:30
Sundays&Holidays – Only special cases
lutherie&music education
Contact Info
Guerrilleros Lanza, Miraflores, La Paz Bolivia
+591 73745938
contacto@artes-amp.com