María Dueñas

Spanish violinist María Dueñas has won top prizes at many international violin competitions, including First Prize and Audience Prize at the 2021 Menuhin Competition. In September 2022, she signed an exclusive contract with the legendary Deutsche Grammophon. Her debut album featuring Beethoven's Violin Concerto and her own cadenzas, recorded live with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Manfred Honeck, was released in August 2023. As a stipendiary of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, María Dueñas plays the Nicolò Gagliano violin of 17?4 and the Stradivarius “Camposelice” (1710), on generous loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.