María Cardiel is a versatile violinist with a repertoire ranging from Baroque to contemporary music. She is a member of the renowned National Youth Orchestra of Spain and currently concertmaster of the Extremadura Youth Orchestra. As a chamber musician, she won first prize at the Don Juan de Borbón Interpretation Competition and has performed in major concert halls in Spain and abroad, including the Teatro Real Madrid, the Auditorio Nacional, the Kurhaus Wiesbaden, and the Konzerthaus Berlin.

María has played under renowned conductors such as Vasily Petrenko, Heras Casado, and Andrés Salado and is a member of several youth orchestras. She studied at the Segovia Conservatory and with Sergei Teslja at the Katarina Gurska Center for Advanced Music Education in Madrid, where she earned both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in solo performance. She regularly participates in masterclasses with internationally acclaimed professors and shares her valuable teaching experience with her students.