Violinist and historic dancer born in Zaragoza. She commenced her studies in the Professional Conservatory of Zaragoza with Rafael Lozano and Pedro Gimeno. She was granted a scholarship by the Higher Conservatory of San Sebastian to continue her studies and obtained the Higher Certificate of Violin and Chamber Music with Mª Angeles Echeveste and Cristiam Ifrim.
She has participated in many music courses and formed part of diverse orchestral groups; f ounding member of the Orquesta Sinfónica Aragón, Orquesta de Cámara de Zaragoza and the vocal-instrumental group “Orphenica Lyra”; member of the Orquesta Sinfónica del Conservatorio Superior de San Sebastián, Orquesta “Txiki” and the Joven Orquesta de Cámara de San Sebastián, Orquesta Sinfónica “Santa Cecilia de Pamplona and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, among others.
She furthered her musical studies with teachers such as Jorge Nicolescu (San Sebastián) and Wölf-Dieter Streicher in Stuttgart (Germany). From 1995 she was a member of the Internationale Orchestra Bachakademie of Stuttgart, under the direction of Helmuth Rilling.
From 1995 to 2004 she was a teacher of Violin and Chamber Music in the Professional Conservatory of Zaragoza, and also taught the subject of Historical Dance in the same centre.
Her profound interest in Early Music led her to the study of the baroque violin, receiving classes from Emilio Moreno, Ingard Schrader, Angel Sampedro, Chiara Banchini, Enrico Gatti and Mira Glodeanu in Madrid, Salamanca and Brussels. She has collaborated in, among other groups, the Orquesta Barroca de la Universidad de Salamanca, Orquesta Barroca “Ars Antiqua”, Coro y Orquesta “Valdeluz”, Ensemble vocal e instrumental “Vaghi Concenti”, the group of early music “In Illo Tempore” and is the leader of the Orquesta Barroca “Los Elementos”.
In 2002 she commenced the higher studies of Baroque Violin in the Royal Higher Conservatory of Music of Madrid with Isabel Serrano and Hiro Kurosaki, obtaining, under the latter, the End of Studies Diploma in June 2006.
At present she is studying for her Doctorate at the University of Valladolid. (Master of Spanish Music).
She follows her other facet as historical dancer (French Renaissance and Baroque) with the teachers Jürgen Schrappe, Mª José Ruiz, Cecilia Gracio Moura and Pilar Montoya, in Oporto, Madrid and Zaragoza. She is a founder of the Company of Historical Dance “Los Comediantes del Arte”, performing in many Spanish cities in important festivals and cycles (Salamanca 2002 “Capital Europea de la Cultura, University of Cantabria in the Aniversary of Don Quixote, Boadilla del Monte: Homage to Boccherini, Ciclo de Música Barroca “José de Nebra”, etc). She is also Vicepresident of the Spanish Association of Early Music and Dance (AEMDA).
arancha montoya
Violinist and historic dancer born in Zaragoza. She commenced her studies in the Professional Conservatory of Zaragoza with Rafael Lozano and Pedro Gimeno. She was granted a scholarship by the Higher Conservatory of San Sebastian to continue her studies and obtained the Higher Certificate of Violin and Chamber Music with Mª Angeles Echeveste and Cristiam Ifrim.
She has participated in many music courses and formed part of diverse orchestral groups; f ounding member of the Orquesta Sinfónica Aragón, Orquesta de Cámara de Zaragoza and the vocal-instrumental group “Orphenica Lyra”; member of the Orquesta Sinfónica del Conservatorio Superior de San Sebastián, Orquesta “Txiki” and the Joven Orquesta de Cámara de San Sebastián, Orquesta Sinfónica “Santa Cecilia de Pamplona and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, among others.
She furthered her musical studies with teachers such as Jorge Nicolescu (San Sebastián) and Wölf-Dieter Streicher in Stuttgart (Germany). From 1995 she was a member of the Internationale Orchestra Bachakademie of Stuttgart, under the direction of Helmuth Rilling.
From 1995 to 2004 she was a teacher of Violin and Chamber Music in the Professional Conservatory of Zaragoza, and also taught the subject of Historical Dance in the same centre.
Her profound interest in Early Music led her to the study of the baroque violin, receiving classes from Emilio Moreno, Ingard Schrader, Angel Sampedro, Chiara Banchini, Enrico Gatti and Mira Glodeanu in Madrid, Salamanca and Brussels. She has collaborated in, among other groups, the Orquesta Barroca de la Universidad de Salamanca, Orquesta Barroca “Ars Antiqua”, Coro y Orquesta “Valdeluz”, Ensemble vocal e instrumental “Vaghi Concenti”, the group of early music “In Illo Tempore” and is the leader of the Orquesta Barroca “Los Elementos”.
In 2002 she commenced the higher studies of Baroque Violin in the Royal Higher Conservatory of Music of Madrid with Isabel Serrano and Hiro Kurosaki, obtaining, under the latter, the End of Studies Diploma in June 2006.
At present she is studying for her Doctorate at the University of Valladolid. (Master of Spanish Music).
She follows her other facet as historical dancer (French Renaissance and Baroque) with the teachers Jürgen Schrappe, Mª José Ruiz, Cecilia Gracio Moura and Pilar Montoya, in Oporto, Madrid and Zaragoza. She is a founder of the Company of Historical Dance “Los Comediantes del Arte”, performing in many Spanish cities in important festivals and cycles (Salamanca 2002 “Capital Europea de la Cultura, University of Cantabria in the Aniversary of Don Quixote, Boadilla del Monte: Homage to Boccherini, Ciclo de Música Barroca “José de Nebra”, etc). She is also Vicepresident of the Spanish Association of Early Music and Dance (AEMDA).
arancha montoya
Violinist and historic dancer born in Zaragoza. She commenced her studies in the Professional Conservatory of Zaragoza with Rafael Lozano and Pedro Gimeno. She was granted a scholarship by the Higher Conservatory of San Sebastian to continue her studies and obtained the Higher Certificate of Violin and Chamber Music with Mª Angeles Echeveste and Cristiam Ifrim.
She has participated in many music courses and formed part of diverse orchestral groups; f ounding member of the Orquesta Sinfónica Aragón, Orquesta de Cámara de Zaragoza and the vocal-instrumental group “Orphenica Lyra”; member of the Orquesta Sinfónica del Conservatorio Superior de San Sebastián, Orquesta “Txiki” and the Joven Orquesta de Cámara de San Sebastián, Orquesta Sinfónica “Santa Cecilia de Pamplona and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, among others.
She furthered her musical studies with teachers such as Jorge Nicolescu (San Sebastián) and Wölf-Dieter Streicher in Stuttgart (Germany). From 1995 she was a member of the Internationale Orchestra Bachakademie of Stuttgart, under the direction of Helmuth Rilling.
From 1995 to 2004 she was a teacher of Violin and Chamber Music in the Professional Conservatory of Zaragoza, and also taught the subject of Historical Dance in the same centre.
Her profound interest in Early Music led her to the study of the baroque violin, receiving classes from Emilio Moreno, Ingard Schrader, Angel Sampedro, Chiara Banchini, Enrico Gatti and Mira Glodeanu in Madrid, Salamanca and Brussels. She has collaborated in, among other groups, the Orquesta Barroca de la Universidad de Salamanca, Orquesta Barroca “Ars Antiqua”, Coro y Orquesta “Valdeluz”, Ensemble vocal e instrumental “Vaghi Concenti”, the group of early music “In Illo Tempore” and is the leader of the Orquesta Barroca “Los Elementos”.
In 2002 she commenced the higher studies of Baroque Violin in the Royal Higher Conservatory of Music of Madrid with Isabel Serrano and Hiro Kurosaki, obtaining, under the latter, the End of Studies Diploma in June 2006.
At present she is studying for her Doctorate at the University of Valladolid. (Master of Spanish Music).
She follows her other facet as historical dancer (French Renaissance and Baroque) with the teachers Jürgen Schrappe, Mª José Ruiz, Cecilia Gracio Moura and Pilar Montoya, in Oporto, Madrid and Zaragoza. She is a founder of the Company of Historical Dance “Los Comediantes del Arte”, performing in many Spanish cities in important festivals and cycles (Salamanca 2002 “Capital Europea de la Cultura, University of Cantabria in the Aniversary of Don Quixote, Boadilla del Monte: Homage to Boccherini, Ciclo de Música Barroca “José de Nebra”, etc). She is also Vicepresident of the Spanish Association of Early Music and Dance (AEMDA).