Ahmed Alom

Ahmed Alom is a Cuban-born pianist, composer, and conductor who moves fluidly between concert halls and jazz clubs, between the music of Bach and Afro-Cuban rhythms, and between the stage and the podium, making every crossing feel inevitable. In the summer of 2024, Alom became the youngest Artistic Director of the Washington Square Music Festival, one of New York’s most beloved summer institutions.

As a composer, Alom has had works premiered by Yuja Wang with the New York Philharmonic and by violinist Tessa Lark, as well as at the International Trumpet Guild Festival. As a soloist, he has performed with the Baltimore Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, New World Symphony, and orchestras across the United States, Spain, Mexico, and Cuba. His solo debut album, Exilio, explores themes of displacement and exile from the perspective of six Hispanic and Latin American composers. Born and raised in Havana, Alom trained as a pianist and percussionist at Cuba’s Amadeo Roldan Conservatory. He went on to attend the Manhattan School of Music, earning a degree in piano performance. He has since given masterclasses at Juilliard, Curtis, Yale, Berklee, and the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.