Alex Martínez is a musician and songwriter, born in October 21st 1985 in Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela. He plays every music genre, being particularly prominent in Folk, Jazz, Rock, World Music and Electronic Music
In 2016, Lara state , gave him the distinction of Folklore representative of the year. Also, in 2019, he created a new music genre, “Jorockpo” , where he mixes rock classics with joropo. With his version of Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” , he won the Best shorts competition festival in California back in 2021. In 2022 he won 3 awards in his first ever participation in Venezuela’s biggest award competition, The Pepsi Music Awards.
He has done tours around Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico and the USA. He has received national and international recognition for playing with 2 harps and being included in the “40 Anniversary of Metallica” documentary.