Spanish Young Music Talents: Maria Florea, violin

Spanish Young Music Talents (SYMT) is the flagship music program of the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, D.C., launched in 2022. Created to support and elevate the careers of emerging Spanish musicians, SYMT fosters artistic exchange and professional growth through collaborations with leading U.S. music schools, universities, and festivals.

More than just a performance opportunity, SYMT offers a comprehensive international experience. Participating musicians take part in a dynamic array of complementary activities—including masterclasses, lectures, workshops, and networking events—designed to expand their artistic vision and build meaningful professional connections.

All featured artists are under the age of 33 and winners of the prestigious national award from Juventudes Musicales de España, a distinction that recognizes outstanding young musical talent.

As part of her participation in the Spanish Young Music Talents program, Maria Florea will perform works from a varied period of classical music in an exclusive performance at the Spanish Cultural Center. Florea will also visit the Kreeger Museum in Washington D.C and participate in the Festival Casals de Puerto Rico.

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Born in Barcelona into a family of musicians, Florea began violin studies at age four with her father, cellist and conductor Cristian Florea. She gave her first solo concert at just seven years old. She studied with Gonçal Comellas in Barcelona, Zakhar Bron, Yuri Volguin, Heime Müller, and Marta Gulyas at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid. She completed her Master’s degree in performance with György Pauk at the Royal Academy of Music in London and pursued postgraduate studies at the University Mozarteum in Salzburg and the Musik-Akademie in Basel with Rainer Schmidt.

Florea has won numerous international competition prizes. As a soloist and chamber musician, she has performed in prestigious European venues such as Palau de la Música Catalana and L’Auditori in Barcelona, Teatro Monumental and Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Organ Hall in Chisinau, Ateneu in Bucharest, Duke’s Hall and Wigmore Hall in London. Recently, she completed a 19-concert solo tour in China.

Between 2020 and 2021, she was invited as a soloist for the opening season concert of the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona (OBC) and performed at the Festival Enescu in Bucharest with the Moldavian Chamber Orchestra. She is a member of Trio da Vinci, founded in 2018 between Barcelona and Paris. The trio has performed at Festival Pablo Casals(Prades, France), Festival de Torroella, Festival Emergents at L’Auditori (Barcelona), Organ Hall (Chisinau), Théâtre de l’Alliance (Paris), Festival Barcelona Obertura, and Festival de Pasqua de Cervera, among others. Upcoming performances include their trio debut at Palau de la Música Catalana and a piano quartet concert at L’Auditori’s chamber music season with violist Sara Ferrández. They won first prize at the XIV BBVA Montserrat Alavedra Chamber Music Prize in Terrassa, Spain.

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