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    2024/NOV/07 · 07:30 PM
    S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Benaroya Hall - Seattle, USA

  • Ana Mba Flores

    Ana Mba Flores

    Bio

    Year of birth:
    1990

    Place of birth:
    Granada, Spain

    Studies:

    • Viola BA – Barcelona: Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, Ashan Pillai (2008-2010)

    • Viola BA – Berlin: Universität der Künste, Ulrich Knörzer (2010-2011)

    • Viola BA – Berlin: Hochschule für Musik „Hanns Eisler”, Pauline Sachse (2011-2013)

    • Viola MA- Berlin: Hochschule für Musik „Hanns Eisler”, Pauline Sachse (2013-2015) / Tabea Zimmermann (2015-2016)

    Current job:
    Chamber musician, Viola in Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia

    Website:
    www.lesarts.com

    Biography:

    Spanish violist Ana Mba completed her master’s degree under Professor Tabea Zimmermann in 2016. She studied with Professor Ashan Pillai at the “Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya”, with Professor Ulrich Knörzer at the “Universität der Künste” in Berlin, and with Professor Pauline Sachse at the “Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler” Berlin.

    She has been awarded in competitions such as, 1. Prize “Entre Cuerdas y Metales” (2007), 1. Prize “Ciudad de Murcia” (2009), 1. Prize “Concours Franco-Ibérique des Jeunes Altistes” (Perpignan, 2012) and “Bari International Music Festival Price” (Bari, 2013).

    Her orchestral experience has been developed with orchestras such as Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Schleswig-Holstein Orchestral Academy, Youth Orchestra of Spain, Rundfunk Sinfonie- Orchester Berlin, Deutsche Kammerorchester Berlin, National Orchestra of Spain and Deutsche Oper Berlin, participating in tours through Europe and the USA.

    She has been awarded with scholarships by various foundations, such as “Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Foundation”, (Berlin, 2012), “Juventudes Musicales de Madrid”, (Madrid, 2014), and “Galindo Foundation” (Murcia, 2013-2015).

    She is a permanent member of the “Orquesta de la Comunidad Valenciana”, at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía. She has collaborated as viola solo in “Orquesta Sinfónica de la Región de Murcia” and “Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona”. She is involved in chamber music projects and solo recitals and frequently teaches at the Youth Orchestra of Murcia. Apart of her musical activity, she is interested in music management, therefore she is finishing her master’s degree in Cultural Management by the Polytechnic University of Valencia.

     

    Studierende

    Jelena Antić

    Maj Bommas

    Bella Chich

    Ukyo Fujiwara

    Franziska Hügel

    Brian Isaacs

    Arcan Isenkul

    Sophie Kiening

    Gordon Lau

    Sào Soulez Larivière

    Haesue Lee

    Natalie Loughran

    Eric Seohyun Moon

    Nicholas Swensen

    Ayaka Taniguchi

    Caspar Vinzens

    Luisa Ye

    Alumni

    Micha Afkham

    Guy Ben-Ziony

    Agathe Blondel

    Barbara Buntrock

    Öykü Canpolat

    Marie Chilemme

    Hélène Clément

    Toby Cook

    Lotus de Vries

    Valentin Eichler

    Miguel Erlich

    Karolina Errera Pavon

    Stefanie Farrands

    Sara Ferrandez Castro

    Alexander Gordon

    Olga Hansen

    Stine Hasbirk

    Gabriele Heinecke

    Miriam Helms Alien

    Kyuri Kim

    Sejune Kim

    Georgy Kovalev

    Anna Krimm

    Hande Küden

    Josip Kvetek

    Adrien la Marca

    S. Seungwon Lee

    Marion Leleu

    Anna Lewis

    Matthew Lipman

    Mark Liu

    Lev Loiko

    Ana Mba-Flores

    Ada Myriel Meinich

    Giovanni Menna

    Johannes Moehrle

    Sindy Mohamed

    Nilay Özdemir

    Kyoungmin Park

    Yael Patish

    Tahlia Petrosian

    Anna Puig Torne

    Madeleine Przybyl

    Muriel Razavi

    Alejandro Regueira

    Pauline Sachse

    Teresa Schwamm

    Jungahn Shin

    Clara-Hélène Stangorra

    Arnold Stieve

    Maya Tal

    Antoine Tamestit

    German Tcakulov

    Kei Tojo

    Ulla Tremuth

    Albin Uusijärvi

    Simone von Rahden

    Emma Wernig

    Judith Wijzenbeek

    Zhechao Xie

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