Alexandra Iranfar-Viloteau

About Alexandra

Internationally acclaimed classical guitarist and soprano Alexandra Iranfar-Viloteau is from Los Angeles, California. Hailed by the San Francisco Examiner as a “Song Stylist," Iranfar-Viloteau stuns audiences with her virtuosic abilities as both classical guitarist and soprano with her charismatic artistry and genre-defying repertoire. She was described by the European film collective Open Strings Berlin as “…not only a phenomenal classical guitarist, but soprano singer, she can be her own duo partner and perform the most beautiful repertoire for voice and guitar by herself…”

Ranging from Brazilian fado, art song, and early music to new commissions, Iranfar-Viloteau does it all with remarkable versatility. She has commissioned over a dozen pieces for her unique abilities including GRAMMY award-winning composers Christopher Tin and Sergio Assad. Concerts and collaborations include performances with San Diego Guitar Festival, Guggenheim NYC, SFMOMA Ragnar Kjartanson’s exhibit, de Young Museum of Art, Xicameri, South African Embassy, Berkeley Piano Club, Herbst Theater Green Room, Old First Concerts, and the Center for New Music; she has also been featured on NPR KALW 91.7 FM affiliate Revolutions per Minute. She has released two chamber albums with acclaimed SopraDuo and One Great City Duo whom the San Francisco Examiner describes as an “innovative new duo.”

Iranfar-Viloteau earned a Master of Music and Professional Studies Certificate in Guitar Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in Guitar Performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns Hopkins University, where she double majored in classical guitar and classical voice.

Iranfar-Viloteau is an Augustine Strings Artist and plays on a guitar built for her by Glenn Canin from Mill Valley, CA. She teaches in Washington, D.C. where she is the Chair of the Suzuki Guitar Department at Levine Music.