Alejandro Lombo is the newly appointed piccolo player of the Kansas City Symphony, following an appointment as piccoloist with The Florida Orchestra. He performs regularly with leading ensembles throughout the United States and abroad, including appearances with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, London Symphony Orchestra, Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center, and Milwaukee Symphony among others. Recent highlights include appearances at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center Residency with the Philadelphia Orchestra, European tours with the Kansas City Symphony under Matthias Pintscher, and the Philadelphia Orchestra under Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Equally at home as a piccoloist and flutist, he was previously the principal flutist of Symphony in C and winner of the Detroit Opera Principal flute audition. Alejandro has won the Sphinx Orchestral Partners Auditions; the Yamaha Young Performing Artist Competition; and has appeared as a soloist at the Aspen Music Festival, where he was also a Conducting Academy Fellow, performing Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 and Frank Martin’s Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments. He has spent previous summers at the Music Academy of the West and as a member of the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America where he toured extensively throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. In 2023, Alejandro won a fellowship with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra ,where he was able to perform with them regularly in chamber and orchestral settings throughout the Los Angeles area.
Alejandro received his bachelor’s degree from the Curtis Institute of Music and his master’s degree from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Jeffrey Khaner. He has also worked extensively with Erica Peel, Hannah Hammel, and Chelsea Knox.
Alejandro is a Yamaha Performing Artist. Outside of music, he enjoys trying new restaurants and staying active by lifting weights, running, or swimming.