Alberto Menéndez was born in Asturias (Spain) and studied French Horn with Radovan Vlatkovič at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid. His other musical influences were Radek Baborak, Hermann Baumann, Dale Clevenger, Stefan Dohr or Richard Watkins.

Currently appointed member at the Orquesta Nacional de España and was previously former Principal Horn at the BBC Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester.

Alberto is a regular guest with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, London Symphony and Philharmonia Orchestras, Deutsche Symphonie Berlin, Tonhalle Zurich, Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, Filarmonica alla Scala Milan, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Mozart under the baton of C. Abbado, D. Barenboim, H. Blomstedt, R. Chailly, G. Dudamel, B. Haitink, Z. Mehta, A. Nelsons or S. Rattle.

As a soloist he appears performing concertos by B. Britten, W. A. Mozart, R. Strauss, J. Haydn or R. Schumann with the München Kammerorchester, Spanish Radio Orchestra RTVE, BBC Scottish, BBC Philharmonic, among others.

In the Chamber Music scene he is a member of the Wigmore Soloists Ensemble, with residence at the Wigmore Hall in London and records works by Beethoven, Brahms and Schubert for BIS label. He also appears at the Marlboro Music Festival (USA), Edinburg Festival (UK), and Festival Internacional de Santander (Spain).

In addition, Alberto teaches at the Barenboim-Said Academy and holds the title of “International Chair” at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. He is also a guest teacher at the Reina Sofía School of Music, Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music.