Julio Alvarado Tricoche

Julio Alvarado Tricoche (1886–1970) was a Puerto Rican flutist, composer, and director of the Banda Municipal de Ponce for seventeen years.

Early years Julio Alvarado Tricoche was born on 18 February 1886 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. His father was Spaniard and his mother was Puerto Rican. Alvarado Tricoche was the first male baby born at the just-built Hospital Valentín Tricoche.

In 1920, Alvarado Tricoche became director of the Ponce School Band and also joined the Ponce Symphony Orchestra whose conductor was Arturo Pasarell. Concurrent with his duties directing two bands (the municipal and school bands) and as a member of the Symphony Orchestra, he also participated in various local for-profit bands and orchestras working, among them, with Mingo and his Whoopee Kids band as an arranger, guitarist, and flutist. He is also recognized at the Ponce Tricentennial Park for his contributions to music.

Personal life Alvarado Tricoche married Georgina Santos and they had six children: Emilio, Georgina, Luisa Angélica, Julio, Antonia and Santiago.