Barry Alexander is Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Alexander & Buono International, a consulting firm he co-founded to provide guidance and counsel for classical musicians. Combining his work as a performer, teacher, and public relations specialist, he continues to help launch and sustain the careers of classical musicians worldwide.  He is also Artistic Director of the Barry Alexander International Vocal Competition.

Mr. Alexander is a graduate of Princeton University and the Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria.  After many years of performing in Europe, he returned to the United States, where he joined the Michigan Opera Theatre, and also continued to perform recitals.  It was during this time he made his Carnegie Hall Recital debut singing works by Mozart, Gluck and Schubert.

As co-author of the acclaimed work The Classical Musician Today: Getting and Keeping the Career You Want, which he wrote with Cosmo Buono, Mr. Alexander is constantly in demand as a lecturer and motivational speaker.  He, along with Mr. Buono, was a guest speaker for the TEDxNashville Conference, thereby joining the ranks of a list that includes heads of state, Nobel prize winners, and some of the most significant innovators or our time.