
ACADEMIA DE MÚSICA * CAÑADA BLANCH
CAÑADA BLANCH * MUSIC ACADEMY
LONDON
STRINGS AND PIANO
FUENSANTA ZAMBRANA RUÍZ - VIOLIN
- MMus Royal Academy of Music, London
- LRAM Teaching Diploma
- BMus (Hons) Trinity College of Music
- BMus (Hons) Conservatorio Superior de Malaga, Spain
- CAP (Spanish Teaching Diploma) University of Malaga, Spain
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Fuensanta Zambrana Ruiz was born in Granada, Spain and has recently completed her Master of Music in Performance and Research at the Royal Academy of Music, studying with Nicholas Miller. Since 2009, she also holds BMus (Hons) in Performance from Trinity College of Music of London being teaching and chamber music her main activities. During her studies in London Fuensanta has been generously supported by the Andalusian government in Spain and was awarded the Cavatina Chamber Music Competition Audienze Prize.
Fuensanta is currently working as a violin teacher at the Barenboim-Said Foundation and as deputy teacher at the Royal Academy of Music, Junior Academy Department.
She has participated in Masterclasses with Zvi Zeitlin, Thomas Brandis, Alexander Paulovic, Mateja Marinkovic, Bernard Greenhouse, Andrey Chestiglazo and members from the Wihan Quartet. Fuensanta has played in the Spanish National Youth Orchestra (JONDE) and has collaborated with the Almeria Symphony Orchestra (OCA) and Andalusian Filarmonic Orchestra (OFA). She has also worked with conductors like Sir Simon Rattle, Pietari Inkinen, Edward Gardner, Yan Pascal Tortelier and Pablo Heras Casado, and has given concerts in the Lincoln Center in New York, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, National Auditorium in Madrid and Auditori in Barcelona.
She loves contemporary music and collaborations with new composers. She was the leader of the Britten-Pears Contemporary Music Ensemble and nowadays, is one of the members of Joy to Filth Ratio dance music band and the flamenco group El Company.
MARIO MORA – PIANO
- MA (Hons) Royal Academy of Music, London
- LRAM Teaching Diploma (Distiction)
- BMus (High Distinction) Real Conservatorio Superior Madrid, Spain
Mario Mora (Cuenca, Spain, 1989) is a concert pianist, graduated with Honors in Piano and Piano Pedagogy at the Royal Madrid Conservatory where he studied with Dr. Elena Orobio. Furthermore, he completed his Postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music of London where he studied with Pascal Nemirovski.
Recently, he obtained the First Prize in the Permanent Competition of Juventudes Musicales of Spain, Gerona (2012), the Second Prize in the Piano Section of the Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artist Competition, UK (2012), the First Prize in the III International Piano Competition of Lagny, France (2011) and the First Prize in the Infanta Cristina Piano Competition, Spain (2010). Before these, he also won many other first prizes in national and international competitions.
He has given various concerts and recitals in Austria, France, Italy, England and several Spanish cities, taking part in festivals like “Festival Internacional de Musica y Danza de Granada” or “Fundacion Botin de Santander”, in tours with AIE and “Juventudes Musicales” among others and in the recording of some CDs. Some of his performances have been recorded by Classic Radio of RNE and television, and he regularly collaborates with the music producer Eurodelta Music, making recordings for TV.
When only 15 years old, he made his debut as soloist with the Cuenca Youth Orchestra. He has also played with the Spanish National Youth Orchestra (JONDE), and recently with the Madrid Youth Orchestra (JORCAM).
EDGAR CABALEIRO - CLASSIC AND ELECTRIC GUITAR
- Music Diploma Conservatorio Municipal de Viveiro, Spain
- Higher Diploma at ICMP, London
- Music Fundation Course at City Lit in Holborn, London
Edgar Cabaleiro was born in A Coruña, Spain, and he and his parents moved to a small village called Viveiro. He started to learn classical guitar and singing at the Viveiro´s Conservatory when he was 11 years old. He soon showed interest in contemporary
music, learning electric guitar with teacher Roi Blanco and joining different bands along the years.
In 2003, he moved to London where he first studied a music fundation course at City Lit in Holborn for three years. Later he studied at the Institute of Contemporary Music and Performance where he learned many diferent styles and had teachers as Dario Cortese,
Andy Saphir,Phill Capone,Barry Langton,Charlie Griffiths or Ian Scott.
Currently, Edgar teaches guitar at the Spanish School Cañada Blanch and also plays with his band in London.Edgar Cabaleiro was born in A Coruña, Spain, and he and his parents moved to a small village called Viveiro. He started to learn classical guitar and singing at the Viveiro´s Conservatory when he was 11 years old. He soon showed interest in contemporary
music, learning electric guitar with teacher Roi Blanco and joining different bands along the years.
In 2003, he moved to London where he first studied a music fundation course at City Lit in Holborn for three years. Later he studied at the Institute of Contemporary Music and Performance where he learned many diferent styles and had teachers as Dario Cortese,
Andy Saphir,Phill Capone,Barry Langton,Charlie Griffiths or Ian Scott.
Currently, Edgar teaches guitar at the Spanish School Cañada Blanch and also plays with his band in London.


