Violist

I'm a professional violist, with a background on classical music. I focus on chamber music and contemporary music, and I also have experience with improvisation, and electronic music.

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Biography

Originally from Spain, Lidia has spent the past twelve years in Norway and the Netherlands. After finishing her bachelor’s degree in viola performance at University of Stavanger with Ellen Nisbeth and Davis Sliecans, she moved to the Netherlands to pursue her master degree with Julia Dinerstein at Maastricht Conservatorium. As an active chamber musician, she has performed with various chamber ensembles such as Peiskos String Quartet, Edda String Quartet, and Malia String Duo, and has not only explored the classical repertoire, but also collaborated with contemporary composers and improvisers.

The past few years, she has participated and performed in several chamber music festivals and masterclasses such as Voksenåsen Summer Academy in Oslo, Båstad Chamber Music Festival in Sweden, New Millenium Chamber Music Academy in Budapest, Zemstov Masterclasses in the Netherlands, and ContemPlay in Lithuania.

Currently based in Stavanger, Norway, she is pursuing a freelance career while teaching violin at Egersund Kulturskole. Her projects include a wide variety of genres from contemporary music, improvisation, and electronically enhanced performance, to chamber music, folk traditions, and pedagogy.

I play on a viola by Rafael Melenchon modelled after the “Archinto” Stradivarius viola from 1969, made in 2012 in Madrid, Spain.

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