Ali Arango was born on the 14th of December 1982 in Havana, Cuba.
He studied in Cuba with Prof. Antonio Alberto Rodriguez Delgado (Biky) and is currently studying at Hochschule "Robert Schumann" in Düsseldorf with Prof. Joaquín Clerch.
- 1st Prize of the competition "VII Encuentro de Guitarra Norba Caesarina
(Cáceres. Spain. 2011)
- 1st Prize of the competition "El Primer Palau" (Barcelona, Spain. 2009)
- 1st Prize of the competition "Düsseldorfer Gitarfestival". (Germany.2009)
- 2nd Prize and Audience Award in the competition
"V Encuentro de Guitarra Norba Caesarina (Cáceres. Spain. 2009)
- 2nd Prize in the "VIII Encuentro Internacional de Guitarra "Ciutat de Torrent".
(Spain. 2006)
- 3rd Prize at the "XXIV Certamen Internacional de Guitarra "Andrés Segovia"
(Spain. 2008)
- 3rd Prize at the Concurso y Festival de Guitarra de La Habana
"Leo Brouwer" (Cuba. 2004)