Natalia Alvarez-Arenas (1986 Madrid) is a classical percussionist, performer, music therapist and educator. She holds a Bachelor degree as music pedagogy form the royal conservatory of Madrid, a Bachelor and a Master degree in classical percussion at the Royal Conservatoire of den Haag and a Master degree in Music Therapy by the UNIR.

All through her career she has performed and collaborated in a number of orchestras, ensembles and musical organizations such as Ludwig Ensemble, Residentie Orkest, Asko Schönberg, Opera Today, Slagwerk Den Haag and New European Ensemble. She is a member of The Hague based Catchpenny Ensemble and of the music-theatre company for toddles Tatatone. She also runs her own academy of Music and Movement for children in Den Haag, member of InclusiVibe social project and organizer of contemporary music-social projects.

As a Music therapist she has been working already for several years with Light House, Reach, Ludwig- Music and Dementia and Muziek and Dementie de Haagse MuziekCentrale.

She loves helping people to improve, keep or restore a state of wellness by using musical experiences, and relationships created by such musical experiences as a dynamic power for change.