ALFREDO LAVALLEY first studied singing at the National Conservatory of Mexico. After winning the FONCA National Scholarship, he went on to specialize in Baroque singing at the Geneva Conservatory’s Center for Ancient Music. He completed his training by attending master classes with Max van Egmond, in Amsterdam, Isabelle Henriquez and Francesca Giarini in Geneva.
As a singer in various vocal ensembles (Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Ensemble Elyma, Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre, Cappella Amsterdam, Cappella Cervantina), he has participated in many renowned festivals in Europe, Mexico and the United States, under such conductors as Michel Corboz, Gabriel Garrido, Marc Minkowsky, Daniel Reuss, Leonardo Garcia-Alarcón, Horacio Franco, and Josep. Cabré. He has also taken part in many different stage productions in the ranks of the Lausanne Opera Choir and the choir of the Grand Théâtre de Genève.
Passionate about choral singing, he trained in France at the National Music School of Villeurbaine with Antoine Fink and then at the Milano Choral Academy with Marco Berrini.
In Switzerland, he obtained in 2020 the Superior Certificate of Choir Conducting (Federal Certificate CH-II from AVDC-USC).
He delved into Innovative Choir Leading techniques at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Alborg, Denmark (RAMA Inspiration Course) under the direction of Jim Daus Hjernøe, Peder Karlsson, Malene Rigtrup, and Jesper Holm
He has directed the Troinex Choir (2006-2010), the German School Choir of Geneva (2006-2009), the Meinier Choir (2011-2019) and currently the IFRC / ICRC Choir (World music) the Fragrantia Vocal Ensemble (Renaissance and Baroque music), the Voxmusica Choir (Latin American music).
In 2016, he founded choraltime.ch, a platform for organizing choral workshops in Switzerland and abroad.
He trained in Spain in the conducting and pedagogy of children’s choirs and singing at the SICS (Secretariat of Corals Infantils de Catalunya) and since September 2015 is part of the team of performing arts teachers at the Collège du Léman.
As a passionate user of technologies applied to music for 10 years, he has been supporting musicians and groups in their digital transition since 2020.
At present, he collaborates with several musicians in French-speaking Switzerland as well as with CEPRAVOI
(Centre de Pratiques Vocales et Instrumentales en région Centre – Val de Loire. France) and the AMAmusique Association in Geneva, Switzerland.