María Dueñas

Spanish violinist María Dueñas has emerged as a luminous talent in classical music, captivating audiences with her extraordinary range of tonal colors, impeccable technical prowess, and interpretations that blend artistic maturity with bold expressiveness. Her debut album as an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist, »Beethoven and Beyond« with Manfred Honeck and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, was honored with an OPUS KLASSIK Award. Her second album, »Caprices«, was released in 2025. As a soloist, she has collaborated with some of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, including Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Manfred Honeck, Daniel Harding, Christian Thieleman, Paavo Järvi, and Herbert Blomstedt. She maintains a close relationship with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel. María Dueñas performs on a 1779 Giambattista Guadagnini violin as a scholarship recipient of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, as well as on the »Michelangelo« Stradivarius from 1718, on loan from the Karolina Blaberg Foundation.