Born in León, she began her piano studies there, continuing them at the Valladolid Professional Conservatory and the Royal Higher Conservatory of Music in Madrid, under the direction of maestro Félix Lavilla. Her artistic activity includes numerous recitals with violin alongside Joan Espina and with flute alongside Álvaro Marías in Europe, America, the Middle East, and Africa. Some of the most important contemporary Spanish composers have written works for her, such as “Fuego Azul” by Claudio Prieto, “In Memoriam” by Fabián Panisello, and “Sonata para violín y piano” by José Luís Turina.
Blanca Calvo has been a violin repertoire professor at the Conservatory of Madrid since 1990 and a professor of Music History at the Reina Sofía School of Music since 1999. She holds a degree in Music from the International University of La Rioja and a Master’s degree in Art, Literature, and Contemporary Culture from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. She regularly publishes musical articles and gives lectures both in Spain and abroad. For example, she has participated in events at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Instituto Cervantes in Europe, America, and the Middle East, the Polytechnic University of Madrid, the Wagner Hall at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the National Auditorium of Madrid, Nueva Revista, Miríadax, etc. She combines this work with regularly writing program notes for the National Orchestra and Choir of Spain, the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam, the RTVE Symphony Orchestra, the Palau de la Música in Valencia, the Albéniz Foundation, the Orchestra of Extremadura, the Botín Foundation, IBS Records, Space XXI Records, and many more. She also collaborates in musical gatherings on Radio Clásica.
As a scriptwriter and narrator of educational and family concerts, she has premiered and presented her scripts at the National Auditorium of Madrid, in the Symphony and Chamber Halls, the Sony Auditorium, the Albéniz Foundation, the Telefónica Foundation, etc. She collaborates closely with institutions such as the OCNE, the Reina Sofía Chamber Orchestra, and the Freixenet Symphony Orchestra, alongside conductors of the stature of Juanjo Mena, Péter Eötvös, Pablo González, Zsolt Nagy, Jaime Martín, and Víctor Pablo.