Alejandro Posada

Alejandro Posada Gómez (born in Bogotá 1960)[1] is a Colombian conductor.

[2] He studied conducting with Karl Östrerreicher at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst (Vienna), graduating with unanimous honours and receiving the Wuerdigungspreis (academic award for excellence awarded by the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research).

In 1992 Posada won second prize at the Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition.

In 2009, Posada left his post at the Castile and León Symphony Orchestra and was replaced by Lionel Bringuier.

His recordings include a disc devoted to music by Antonio José Martínez Palacios (Sinfonía castellana, Evocaciones, El mozo de mulas) in Naxos' Spanish Classics series.