{"id":27,"date":"2024-02-04T14:06:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T14:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marinacuestasoprano.com\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:51:11","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marinacuestasoprano.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"27\" class=\"elementor elementor-27\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-334094de e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"334094de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-148a244 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"148a244\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3018fa33 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3018fa33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-485b6f18 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"485b6f18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Get to know me<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66eca13f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"66eca13f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dcce3a7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3dcce3a7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69b26344 animated-fast e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"69b26344\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:200,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e146e2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e146e2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>She won first prize at the 11th Valleseco International Zarzuela Competition (Gran Canaria) and the audience prize at the 5th Josep Palet Singing Competition in Martorell (Barcelona). She recently graduated from the Sabadell Opera School after winning the Mirna Lacambra competition for the role of Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro. She also recently participated in the program Aria: locos por la \u00f3pera (Aria: Crazy for Opera), broadcast on La 1 of RTVE, where she was a finalist.<\/p><p>Born in Huelva, she began her musical studies at the age of eight at the Javier Perianes Professional Music Conservatory, where she specialized in cello. In 2015, she received the Extraordinary Baccalaureate Award from the Regional Government of Andalusia.<\/p><p>A student of Professor Gloria Fabuel, she completed her undergraduate studies in performance at the Joaqu\u00edn Rodrigo Higher Conservatory of Music in Valencia, specializing in cello and voice, obtaining top marks and the extraordinary end-of-degree award. She also completed a Master&#039;s degree in Opera Performance at the same institution, finishing in 2024.<\/p><p>He has perfected his skills with singers, repertoire teachers and orchestra conductors such as: Nicola Beller, Aquiles Machado, Mar\u00eda Katzarava, Adri\u00e0 Gr\u00e0cia, Aurelio Viribay, Nauzet Mederos, Pablo Garc\u00eda-Berlanga, La\u00efla Barnat, Rub\u00e9n S\u00e1nchez-Vieco, Ernesto Palacio, Ana Luisa Chova, Daniel Gil de Tejada, Giulio Zappa, Crist\u00f3bal Soler, Ofelia Sala and Patricia Llorens, among others.<\/p><p>She has participated in several operatic productions: L&#039;enfant et les sortil\u00e8ges (The Fire, the Princess and the Nightingale), Cos\u00ec fan tutte (Despina), Die Zauberfl\u00f6te (chorus), Le Nozze di Figaro (Barbarina, Susanna), Carmen (Frasquita, chorus), Las dos Elenas (Elena Mateo, world premiere of this micro-zarzuela, 2023), The Tales of Hoffmann (chorus), etc. She has sung with the Orchestra of the Federation of Societies of the Valencian Community and the Orchestra of the University of Valencia at the Palau de la M\u00fasica and the Palau de les Arts in Valencia. She also debuted Beethoven&#039;s Ninth Symphony in Valencia in 2023 with Crist\u00f3bal Soler. He is a finalist in the Musical Youth Competition in December 2021, in the X International Habanera Competition for lyric soloists in Torrevieja, in 2022, and in the 40th \u201cCity of Logro\u00f1o\u201d Competition, 2023.<\/p><p>Recently, she has performed numerous concerts with the Nostrum Mare Camerata, sung with soprano Ainhoa Arteta at the Gran Teatro de Huelva, and participated in a contemporary dance performance called Kabul in Valencia. She was among the fifteen finalists in the auditions for the Paris Opera Academy. She will soon be performing in Detectives at the Palau de Les Arts, giving a recital at the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and singing in the Valencia Cathedral choir for the next few months.<\/p><p>Her repertoire also includes characters such as Adina (L&#039;elisir d&#039;amore), Giulietta (I Capuleti ed i Montecchi), Serpina (La serva padrona), Marie (La fille du r\u00e9giment); sacred and symphonic works such as Messiah (Handel), Requiem (Mozart), Cantata 202 \u201cWeichet nur, betr\u00fcbte Schatten\u201d (JS Bach), Beethoven&#039;s Symphony No. 9; and various cycles and concert songs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20f8b8ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"20f8b8ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Follow me on 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