


Born in Esparreguera (Barcelona) in a musicians' family, Maria started her violin studies at the age of four with her father, cellist and conductor Cristian Florea, and was only seven years old when she performed her first concert as a soloist. She studied in Barcelona and at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid. She completed her master's degree in Performance at the Royal Academy of Music of London and postgraduated at the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg and at the Musik-Akademie in Basel. As a soloist and chamber musician she has performed in concert halls in Europe such as Palau de la Música Catalana and L’Auditori in Barcelona, Teatro Monumental and Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest and Wigmore Hall in London; she has recently been on a 19 concert tour as a soloist in China. She’s a member of Trio da Vinci, founded in 2018.

Born in Barcelona, his principal mentors were Margarita Serrat and Josep Colom. He received instruction from Paul Badura-Skoda, Alicia de Larrocha, Bernard Greenhouse, and Rainer Schmidt. Awarded in various competitions as a soloist and chamber musician, he currently dedicates himself mainly to chamber music. In recent seasons, he has performed at venues such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Palau de la Música Catalana, the Stadthalle in Kronberg, L'Auditori, and the Fundación Juan March. Over the past fifteen years, he has collaborated extensively with the theater company Títeres Etcétera, performing at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Santander International Festival, the Quinzena Musical Donostiarra, and the Festival of Wonder in Silkeborg (Denmark). As an educator, he has taught at the Liceu, Zaragoza, and Ciutat de Palma conservatories. He is annually invited to the Tihms Academy and Festival in Bergen.