Started to play Viola at the age of 3, Sara Ferrández is fast emerging as one of the most exciting violists of her generation.
Recent and forthcoming highlights for her 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 Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Marseille Philharmonic, Israel Camerata, Antalya Devlet Symphony Orchestra, Jyväskylä Sinfonia, Mikkeli City Orchestra, and National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica.
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, Bergen International Festival, Pau Casals International Music Festival, 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, among others.
Sara collaborates frequently with the ensemble “Mutter’s Virtuosi”, performing alongside world-class violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter. She was also a member of the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic from 2019 to 2022 and continues to collaborate on various chamber music projects with members of the orchestra. Since 2025, she has also been part of the Orpheum Foundation in Switzerland.
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.
Since the academic year 2026-2027, she has been an assistant professor of the BBVA Foundation Viola Chair at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid.