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María Dueñas
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María Dueñas Fernández (born Granada, 4 December 2002) is a Spanish violinist and composer. In 2021 she won the first prize in the Yehudi Menuhin Competition, in the senior category. She is considered the Spanish violinist with the greatest international profile, and one of the most promising musicians of her generation. In 2022 she signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon. Biography: María Dueñas Fernández was born in 2002 in Granada, in a family where there are no professional musicians, but who encouraged her musical training, as she attended concerts from an early age. Musical education: She enrolled at the Ángel Barrios Conservatory in her native Granada when she was seven. At the age of 11, she won a scholarship from the Juventudes Musicales de Madrid, allowing her to study at the Carl Maria von Weber College of Music in Dresden. She then moved to Vienna to study with Boris Kuschnir, and enrolled at the University of Music and Dramatic Art in Vienna and at the University of Graz. Musical career: Dueñas has been a soloist with European and American orchestras, such as the San Francisco Symphony, the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Spanish National Orchestra. In September 2019, Dueñas was designated as the New Artist of the Month by the magazine Musical America, which is the oldest American magazine on classical music. She won the 1st prize at the 2021 Getting to Carnegie Hall competition, for which each participant performed the world premiere
top songs
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Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto (Cadenza: Dueñas)
8522I. Allegro ma non troppo (Cadenza: Dueñas)
7653María De Buenos Aires: Yo soy María (Arr. for Violin and Piano)
7174Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: III. Rondo. Allegro (Cadenza: Dueñas)
6285Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 - II. Larghetto (Cadenza: Dueñas)
5916II. Larghetto (Cadenza: Dueñas)
5597Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo (Cadenza: Dueñas)
5468No. 1 in E Major "L'arpeggio". Andante
5399II. Adagio
39510III. Rondo. Allegro (Cadenza: Dueñas)
384albums
Beethoven and Beyond
Paganini: 24 Caprices — Caprices by Berlioz, Cervelló, Kreisler, Ortiz, Saint-Saëns, Sarasate, Wieniawski
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Piazzolla: María De Buenos Aires: Yo soy María
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto (Cadenza: Dueñas)
Dueñas: Homage 1770
Fauré: 3 Songs, Op. 7: I. Après un rêve (Version for Violin and Piano)
Gargiulo: Sonata No. 4 for Violin and Piano "From the Window"
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Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 (Cadenzas: Saint-Saëns / Dueñas)
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Paganini: 24 Caprices — Caprices by Berlioz, Cervelló, Kreisler, Ortiz, Saint-Saëns, Sar
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Spohr: Symphonie Concertante for Violin, Harp and Orchestra in G Major, WoO 13: II. Adagio
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Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 (Cadenzas: Kreisler / Dueñas)
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Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 (Cadenzas: Ysaÿe / Dueñas)