Sara Ferrández

Widely acclaimed for her warm, effortless and impeccable sound, Sara Ferrández is fast
emerging as one of the most exciting violists of her generation.

Despite her youth Sara has already performed in some of the major concert halls around the
globe, including Berlin Philharmonie, Carnegie Hall, Victoria Hall or Salzburg Festpielhaus,
amongst others.

Recent and forthcoming highlights include performing with the Spanish National Symphony
Orchestra/ Kazuki Yamada, the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra/ Cristian Macelaru, Radio
Television Orchestra in Madrid/ Chloe Van Soeterstède, the Impossible Orchestra/ Alondra
de la Parra and OSPA Symphony Orchestra/ Nuno Coelho. As well as her debuts with Antalya
Devlet Symphony Orchestra, Jyväskylä Sinfonia, Mikkeli City Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica
de Antofagasta and Orchestra Filarmónica di Benevento.

Chamber music has always held a special place in Ferrández’s musical life. She is frequently
invited to play in several international festivals, including Sion Festival, Arezzo Festival, Pau
Casals International Music Festival, Classiche Forme, Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival and
Nouveaux Horizons Music Festival where she has the pleasure of collaborating with highly
esteemed artists such as Janine Jansen, Beatrice Rana, Renaud Capuçon, Pablo Ferrández,
Vilde Frang, Elena Bashkirova or Pinchas Zukerman, amongst others.

Sara collaborates frequently with the ensemble “Mutter’s Virtuosi”, performing alongside
world-class violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter. She is also a former member of the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic (2019-2022), and she still collaborates on several chamber music projects with members of the orchestra as well.

Born in Madrid in 1995, Sara grew up in a family of musicians, and started playing viola at 3
years-old before attending the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofia in Madrid aged 13. She continued her studies in the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, under internationally
renowned violist Tabea Zimmermann, where she obtained both her bachelor’s and master’s
degree. Afterwards, she finished her studies with Professor Nobuko Imai at the Kronberg
Academy.

Sara plays on a David Tecchler viola (1730), the third of 3 Violas and a bow from Nicolas
Léonard Tourte – both generously loaned by Stephan Jansen on behalf and as a member of the Stretton Society.