Musicians — 1st Edition

Joan López de Soria

Joan López de Soria Homar graduated with honours from the Royal Conservatory of Music of Madrid in 2024 and is currently pursuing master's and postgraduate studies at the prestigious University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna under the guidance of the renowned violinist and professor Eszter Haffner. He has been awarded the JONDE–Ferrer Salat Scholarship on two occasions and has been a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Spain (JONDE) for more than three years. In Vienna he collaborates with prestigious orchestras such as the Vienna Syncron Stage Orchestra and the Strauss Cappelle Vienna. He has performed in major international venues including the Musikverein, Wiener Konzerthaus, Konzerthaus Berlin, the Shanghai Oriental Art Center and the Auditorio Nacional de Música, among others. With his Trío Moment, founded in 2023, he has won awards at national and international competitions and has performed on prestigious stages such as the Santander International Festival and the Young Performers series of the Fundación Juan March.

Almudena Quintanilla

She began her studies at the Conservatorio Padre Antonio Soler and completed her advanced degree at the Katarina Gurska School of Music with Sergey Teslya. She currently continues her training at the Mozarteum University Salzburg with Esther Hoppe. She has been a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO) since 2023 and regularly performs as concertmaster of the National Youth Orchestra of Spain. She has been part of the Barenboim-Said Academy of Orchestral Studies and the Akademieorchester Mozarteum, and has collaborated with the Budapest Festival Academy, the Symphony Orchestra of Castilla y León and the Orquesta del Palau de les Arts. She has worked with conductors such as Iván Fischer, Antonio Pappano, Manfred Honeck and Pablo Heras-Casado, and has received scholarships from the Fundación Ferrer-Salat, the Fundación FKG and the Fundación Mutua Madrileña.

Manuel Pérez

Awarded a scholarship by the Fundació Ferrer-Salat de Música in 2024. He is highly active in both chamber and orchestral music, performing in festivals and concert series across Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Italy, including the Salzburg Festspiele, the Festival Resonances de Halloy and the Elba Music Festival. He has collaborated with the National Orchestra of Spain, the National Youth Orchestra of Spain (JONDE) and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, and has also taken part in international projects such as BandArt. His career combines solid orchestral experience with a distinguished record in chamber music.

Miguel Ángel Guerrero

He is currently pursuing his advanced degree at Musikene with Aitzol Irurriagagoitia, having completed his professional studies with top marks at the Conservatory of Murcia. Since 2019 he has continued his training at Forum Musikae with leading international violinists. He won First Prize at the CMM Young Performers Award 2023 and several awards at the Entre Cuerdas y Metales competition. He has been concertmaster of the Youth Orchestra of the Region of Murcia since 2021, and in 2025 was concertmaster of the Royal Conservatory Orchestra at the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid. That same year he joined the Neue München Philharmonie and was a reserve member of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. He has also taken part in festivals such as the Virtuoso Belcanto Festival in Lucca.

Laura Torroba

She graduated from ESMUC in Barcelona under Jonathan Brown and currently continues her studies at the Mozarteum University Salzburg with William Coleman. She is a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Spain and has collaborated with several professional orchestras across Spain. In 2022 she performed under the direction of Gustavo Dudamel with the Encuentros Orchestra in Los Angeles. In 2020 she won Second Prize at the Young Performers Competition of the La Noche International Festival in Madrid, and has recently performed as soloist with the Youth Orchestra of Soria. She has received masterclasses from Thomas Riebl, Joaquín Riquelme and Amihai Grosz.

Ignacio Fernández

Recently admitted to the Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz, under the renowned professor Predrag Katanić. He has taken part in prestigious international courses and festivals such as Prussia Cove, the Menuhin Academy and Lac Léman Music, where he received classes from Kim Kashkashian, Máté Szűcs, Wenting Kang and Thomas Riebl. He has also been part of various Barenboim-Said Foundation projects, building an intense record of international training.

Jordi Romero

He is currently studying at the Mozarteum University Salzburg under Sào Soulez Larivière. He has received masterclasses from leading violists such as Jean Sulem, Thomas Riebl, German Tcakulov, William Coleman and Muriel Razavi. He has held a scholarship from the Liechtenstein Musikakademie for two consecutive years, also taking part in the Violin Channel Live concerts organised by the institution. He is highly active in chamber music and has worked with musicians and ensembles such as Kit Armstrong, Kristian Bezuidenhout, the Quatuor Debussy, Cibrán Sierra (Cuarteto Quiroga), Petr Maceček (Talich Quartet) and Eugenia Ottaviano (Alinde Quartett).

Jairo Rodríguez

He is currently an academy member of the WDR Sinfonieorchester in Cologne. He studied at the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre with Sebastian Klinger and has received masterclasses from Frans Helmerson, Clemens Hagen, Peter Bruns and Asier Polo, among others. He was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Spain (JONDE) between 2022 and 2026 and has collaborated with the National Orchestra of Spain, the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn, the Symphony Orchestra of Tenerife and the Staatskapelle Berlin Academy. He performed as principal cello in the Encuentros project of the Fundación Gustavo Dudamel, with concerts in Spain and the United States. He has been distinguished with the JONDE-Ferrer-Salat scholarship and the support of the Fundación Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now, and has won First Prize at the Cidade de Vigo Competition (2019) and Third Prize at the Gustav Mahler Cello Competition in Prague (2023).

Fabiola Sebastián

She completed her advanced studies with Honours at the Royal Conservatory of Music of Madrid under Fernando Arias. She went on to complete a Master's at the Royal College of Music in London with Richard Lester, supported by the Fundación Alvargonzález, and an Artist Diploma as a Carne Junior Fellow with Melissa Phelps and Richard Harwood. She is a member of Trío Moment, with which she has won awards at several national competitions and performed in major concert halls. She is part of the National Youth Orchestra of Spain and, from October 2026, will join Sinfonia Smith Square.

Pablo Figueras

He is currently pursuing a Master's in Performance at the Freiburg University of Music (Germany) with Božo Paradžik. He completed his advanced studies at the Royal Conservatory of Music of Madrid with a Degree Honours Award. He has collaborated with orchestras such as the ORCAM, the Theater Freiburg Orchestra and the Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra, and took part in a tour of Spain with the orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. He has been a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Spain for four years and has been part of other leading Spanish and international young orchestras, including JORCAM, OJEX, OJSG, the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Orchestra and the Youth Orchestra of Greece. In 2024 he received one of the JONDE and Ferrer-Salat scholarships.

Javier Moyà

He began his piano studies at the Proart Música Academy in Palma and completed his training at the Professional Conservatory of Music and Dance of Mallorca, further expanding it with organ studies. He continued his education at the Royal Conservatory of Music of Madrid, where he received several honours distinctions. He maintains an intense career as a chamber pianist and is a member of Trío Moment, with which he has won First Prize at the Jesús de Monasterio Chamber Music Competition and Second Prize at the Arnuero International Chamber Music Competition. He has performed on stages such as the Santander International Festival and the Young Performers series of the Fundación Juan March.