Alejandro Luis Madrid-González (born August 25, 1968, Houston, Texas) is a music scholar, cultural theorist, and professor, whose research focuses on Latinx and Latin American musics and sound practices.
He is professor of musicology and ethnomusicology at Cornell University.Madrid received a B.M.
in guitar performance from The Boston Conservatory, an M.F.A.
in music performance from SUNY Purchase, an M.M.
in musicology from University of North Texas, and a Ph.D.
in musicology with a minor in comparative cultural studies from the Ohio State University.Madrid is a recipient of the Dent Medal given by the Royal Musical Association and the International Musicological Society, the 2016 Humanities Book Award from the Latin American Studies Association-Mexico Section, the Robert M.
Stevenson Award from the American Musicological Society (AMS), in 2016 and 2014, the 2012 Ruth A.