Coming from a family with generations of talented mariachi musicians, Grammy Winning Producer, Arranger and Musical Director, Alberto Jimenez, also known as “Beto”, has sustained this tradition and has continually blazed new trails in the mariachi world. Born in Mexico City, Musical Director of Mariachi Divasr, Alberto Jimenez attended the Nacional School of Music in Mexico City where he studied theory, composition and musical arranging. Alberto Jimenez became a member of the Mariachi De America De Jesus Rodriguez de Hijar in 1985 and continued to be an esteemed member for 20 years. During those years, he had the honor of accompanying internationally-acclaimed artists, such as LOLA BELTRAN, ROCIO DURCAL, AIDA CUEVAS, AMALIA MENDOZA, LUCHA VILLA, MIGUEL ACEVES MEJIA, VICENTE Y ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ, LUIS MIGUEL, among others. Alberto Jimenez also had the honor of participating in the First 10 Encuentros Internacional Del Mariachi y Charreria Festival and Conference that takes place every year in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. PBS even filmed a documentary about this festival in 2002, Mariachi: The Spirit of Mexico, in which Alberto Jimenez was a featured singer and violinist. He has also been an instructor for several Mariachi Festivals and Conferences across the USA, including the cities of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Chula Vista, California, Wenatchee, Washington, and in Tucson, Arizona. Together with Maestro Jesus Rodriguez de Hijar, Alberto Jimenez was the musical Director of Mariachi De America where he had the honor of being the producer and musical arranger for three of Mariachi de America CDs (Volumes 1, 2 and 3).

In 2005, Alberto Jimenez was invited to Los Angeles, California, to participate and arrange the Mariachi Divas “Asi Somos” CD. In 2006, he moved to Los Angeles, California, to assume the position of Musical Director for the Mariachi Divas and also founded his own Mariachi group, Mariachi Espectacular de Beto Jimenez. Since that time, he has produced and arranged the music for the last four Mariachi Divas CDs, including “Asi Somos”, “Mi Humilde Oracion” their “Grammy Winning” CD released June 10, 2008, “Canciones de Amor” where is also won an American Grammy for Producer on the CD, and the latest CD, “10 Aniversario” released in June 2009. Beto’s love for both orchestra and mariachi music made his project to arrange several pieces for the LA Jewish Symphony to perform alongside with Mariachi Divas the most exciting opportunity since he has directed the Divas. Beto hopes that with this show the Mariachi Divas will expand to several shows in the future performing with symphony orchestras and hopes to someday produce, direct and arrange a CD with Mariachi Divas and Symphony Orchestra.
Beto’s love for teaching and preparing young musicians for the professional mariachi world keeps him very busy as he is also in the process of writing his own collection of mariachi method books to better educate the new generation of young mariachi musicians.