Alfred Jimenez is a contemporary composer, performer and artistic thinker whose work arises from a deep engagement with silence—not as emptiness, but as a physical material that requires intense effort to be transformed into sound. His music often explores the tension between physical action and sonic outcome, drawing the performer into a space of fragility, resistance, and emotional contradiction. Rooted in a practice where gesture and constraint provoke unpredictable sonic results, Alfred’s scores frequently blur the line between notation and choreography.

His work has been described as “mesmerisingly original and profoundly impactful” (VoxCarnyx), with a “deliberate constraint, expressive intensity, and sheer boldness of technique.” In a recent performance at Nordic Music Days with Gageego!, critics highlighted his piece With Voice as “the most interesting voice in the programme,” noting its radical approach to instrumental usage and compelling emotional force.

Alfred earned his master’s degree from the Malmö Academy of Music under Prof. Luca Francesconi and continued his studies at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna with Prof. Detlev Müller-Siemens. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in composition at the University of California, Berkeley, where he works under the mentorship of Professors Ken Ueno, Edmund Campion, Cindy Cox, and Carmine Cella.

He has collaborated with numerous ensembles and orchestras including Avanti! (FI), AuditivVokal Dresden (DE), Norrköping Symphony Orchestra (SE), Antwerp Symphony Orchestra (BE), Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra (SE), Musica Vitae (SE), Flower City Brass (US), Fontana Mix Ensemble (IT), Kreutzer Quartet (UK), Ensemble Boswil (CH), Ensemble Nordlys (DK), and Norrbotten NEO (SE).

Jimenez's artistic work has been recognized through awards and scholarships from The Royal Swedish Academy of Music, the Helge Ax:son Johnson Foundation, the Sten K. Johnson Foundation, the Sixten Gemzeus Foundation, the Anna Whitlock Foundation, and the Society of Swedish Composers.