DUO ZORONGO

Singer ELISENDA PUJALS PICO  BEGAN HER STUDIES IN MUSIC AS A VIOLIN PLAYER AT THE

‘CONSERVATORI PROFESIONAL DE MUSICA DE VILA-SECA’

 RECEIVING HER TEACHING DEGREE IN 2000. SHE HAD NOT YET FINISHED HER VIOLIN DEGREE WHEN SHE STARTED HER CAREER AS A SINGER, AND OBTAINED HER TEACHING DEGREE AS A STUDENT OF ENRIQUETA TARRES IN 2004. AFTER GRADUATING IN THE CLASSICAL SINGING DEPARTMENT IN 2008 AT THE

ROYAL CONSERVATORIUM IN THE HAGUE

 NOWADAYS SHE IS MASTERING HER STUDIES AT THE SAME SCHOOL IN THE SPECIALITATION OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC.

SHE HAS TAKEN PART IN

COURSES

 WITH PRESTIGIOUS PROFESSORS SUCH AS DAVID W. JOHNSON, LYNNE DAWSON AND BARBARA HANNIGAN.

SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE

WORLD YOUTH CHOIR

 DURING THE SEASONS 1999 AND 2002 PARTICIPATING AS A

SOLOIST

 ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

SHE HAS SUNG IN VARIOUS CONCERT HALLS AND FESTIVALS IN SPAIN WITH PIANIST

MARIAN MARQUEZ

.

RECENTLY SHE HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE OPERA

IPHIGENIE AN AULIDE

 BY GLUCK AS “DIANA” CONDUCTED BY JAAP TER LINDEN.

SHE PARTICIPATES IN SEVERAL OCASIONS IN THE

ROTTERDAM OPERA DAGEN

.

IN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC SHE HAS BEEN PERFORMING THE OPERA

“DOOR”

 BY TOM JOHNSONN

SHE HAS TAKEN PART IN THE PROJECT

EREPRIJS

  IN SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINGING IN THE BIMHUIS IN SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINGING IN THE BIMHUIS AND MUZIEKGEBOUW AAN´T IJ IN AMSTERDAM. AS IN THE YOUNG COMPOSERS MEETING HELD IN APELDOORN.

SHE HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE FESTIVALS

DAG IN THE BRANDING

  AND

NACHT VAN ELECTRA

  PERFORMING THE PIECE “18 MUSITIANS “ BY STEVE REICH CONDUCTED BY WIM VOS.

IN THE NEXT MONTHS SHE WILL BE PERFORMING WITH THE ENSEMBLES

VOZES DE AL AYRE ESPAÑOL

AND THE

NETHERLANS NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA

.

Guitarist TERESA GARCÍA HERRANZ  HAS OBTAINED HER PERFORMING MUSICIANS DEGREE IN CLASSICAL GUITAR AT THE

REAL CONSERVATORIO DE MUSICA DE MADRID

 WITH DEMETRIO BALLESTEROS, GRADUATING WITH HONORABLE MENTION. SINCE THEN SHE HAS CONTINUED HER STUDIES FOR FOUR YEARS AT THE

KONINKLIJK CONSERVATORIUM

 OF THE HAGUE WITH ZORAN DUKIC, WHERE SHE OBTAINED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN 2005. AFTER THAT, SHE WAS GRANTED WITH A SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE SPANISH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO PERFECT HER STUDIES WITH A MASTER DEGREE AT THE

LEMMENSINSTITUUT

 IN LEUVEN, BELGIUM, WITH PROFESSOR RAPHAELLA SMITS, BEING AWARDED WITH "DISTINCTION" AT THE END OF THE STUDIES.

SHE HAS TAKEN PART IN

COURSES

 OF PRESTIGIOUS PROFESSORS SUCH AS GERARDO ARRIAGA, DAVID RUSSELL, PAVEL STEIDL, CARLOS MARCHIONE, OSCAR GHIGLIA AND HUBERT KAPPEL.

AS A SOLOIST AND IN ENSEMBLE SHE HAS

PERFORMED

 IN NUMEROUS CONCERT HALLS, RECOGNIZED FESTIVALS, AND HAS BEEN BROADCAST ON RADIO AND TELEVISION IN SPAIN, THE NETHERLANDS, ITALY AND HUNGARY.

AT PRESENT SHE COMBINES HER CAREER AS A SOLOIST WITH SEVERAL PROJECTS SUCH AS A

DÚO AZUR

 WITH VIOLINIST MIGUEL ANGEL GARCIA,

MEXICAN SONGS

 WITH SINGER CARMEN GABRIELA LOZADA AND

DÚO ZORONGO

 WITH SINGER ELISENDA PUJALS.