Alejandro Guarells is a Chilean composer and conductor. He studied music at the Universidad Católica de Valparaíso in 1971,áthen pursued continuing studies in Italy with Franco Donatoni, Giacomo Manzoni, and Luca Lombardi between 1983 and 1985. His compositional oeuvre includes over 77 works for orchestra, chamber ensemblesáand further line-ups.