MARÍA ANTONIA PONS-ESTEL TUGORES, violinist and professor of violin
Maria Antonia Pons-Estel, violinist, born in Son Carrió, Mallorca is professor of violin at the Conservatori Professional de Música i Dansa de Mallorca, and professor of violin at the Conservatori Superior de Música de les Illes Balears.
She had previously given lessons on chamber music at the Conservatori Superior de Música de les IB and classes of violin and piano at the Conservatori Professional.
She currently lives in Mallorca and divides her time between teaching and performing, both as a recitalist or as a member of chamber music groups.
She has made the following recordings:
2004: CD “Re-Creacions”, her first disc alone
2007: Collaboration in the CD ” Els Vents de la paraula”, by Valentin Mendoza
2005: Collaboration in the CD “So far… So fine”, by Flying Dog
2003: Collaboration in the CD “A la fresca” of the group of folklore music Capocorb
2003: Collaboration in the CD “E Terna Saudade” of Tânia Nazareth (Brazil)
2001: Collaboration in the CD of Jaume Compte “Com a pous de mar”
1997: Collaboration in the CD of music of Majorcan composers
She has been awarded the following prizes:
2001: Second Prize of Contemporary Catalan Music, of the Fundación l’Arjau, Barcelona
2000: First Prize “Tramuntana” at the nacional violin competition of Sóller, Mallorca
1997: Best Violin Graduate of the year, Zaragoza
1995 y 1996: two scholarships to specialize inSpanish Music at “Música en Compostela”, given by the Foreign Office of Spain.
She has placed as a soloist and recitalist in:
EEUU: New York (Argentinean Consulate, Mannes College of Music, Symphony Space, Dorot Hall, Avery Fisher Hall)
FRANCE: Paris (Maison Verte, Les Invalides, Saint-Merry, Nôtre-Dame de Compassion)
ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires, (Teatro Colón, Opera House, Centro Naval, Museo de Bellas Artes, Casa de Cultura del Gobierno de la Ciudad, Teatro San Martín) La Plata (University)
BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro (Auditorium of the Conservatory), University of Brasilia, Theatre of Anapolis, University of Goiania, Theatre of Pirenopolis
ITALIA: Roma (Sala “Nervi” of Vatican City)
SPAIN: Madrid, Barcelona, Salamanca, Zaragoza, and in the most relevant concert venue of Mallorca, Ibiza and FormenteraFrom 2002 to 2004 she lived in Paris, where she developed her career as a performer.
Education:
She studied violin and piano at the Conservatorio de Mallorca, and later on, she continued studying at the conservatories of Barcelona (Bruch) and Zaragoza, under the artistic direction of Pascal Martin Beyens, where she graduated obtaining the Graduate Diploma of Violin Teacher, ending with a grade of A+, and the Prize of Best Graduate Violin of the Year. As a recipient of two scholarships of “Sa Nostra” she studied at the Mannes College of Music de Nueva York, from 1997 to 2000, when she graduated. In 2002 she got her Diploma of Professor of Chamber Music at the Conservatori del Lliceu in Barcelona.