Biography

I was born in Palo Alto, California, but my parents quickly traded that sunshine for the Spanish one back home, in Madrid. Living in London has been the biggest weather trade-off so far, but I have grown to appreciate the rain since arriving to the UK in 2020.

As a child, I was always listening to music. On my iPod, in the car, through a speaker… I enjoyed writing music, singing along to it, learning about it — really, everything about music! When I was eight, my parents enrolled me and my siblings at the Conservatorio Profesional de Música Amaniel. My soon-to-be teacher, Manuel Angulo Cruz, was on my audition panel and asked if I would be interested in playing the oboe. Eight-year-old me had no idea what an oboe was, but after he demonstrated some fancy oboe solos, I was convinced. No looking back!

Many reed exercises and scales later, I attended the Berklee College of Music Summer Programme. I found a community of musician friends and I could imagine myself as a musician for the first time. Being offered a scholarship to attend Berklee full-time made that possibility feel real. I decided then to pursue music and apply to the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

There, I learned from wonderful professors including Alison Teale, Gordon Hunt, Steven Hudson and Fraser MacAulay. I enjoyed my undergraduate degree so much that I stayed to complete my Masters – the Orchestral Artistry course, in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. During the final year of this course, I was fortunate enough to play with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra. These remarkably positive experiences affirmed my desire to become an orchestral musician.

Alongside my performance work, I have a strong commitment to outreach and music education. This interest begun during my final year of undergraduate study, when I took my wind quintet to Madrid to deliver educational workshops designed to make classical music accessible from a young age. In 2024, I was awarded the British Spanish Society Scholarship, which allowed me to take two wind quintets into schools across Spain. In 2025, my quintet continued delivering the workshops in London with support from the Making It Fund. Since starting the project in 2023, we have worked with schools across Spain, the UK and Ireland. I hope to continue finding new ways to connect people with music.

I am incredibly grateful for everyone who has helped me along the way and I am delighted to be a part of Sinfonia Smith Square this year!