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She has been granted scholarships by Arama Futuro and Fundaci\u00f3n Alb\u00e9niz.<\/p>\n<p>She began her musical studies with her parents and, from the age of eight, continued them at the Professional Conservatory of Altea with Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Devesa P\u00e9rez, where she completed her studies receiving the Extraordinary End-of-Degree Award. She then pursued a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Musical Performance at the Centro Superior Katarina Gurska with Micha\u0142 Dmochowski and Karolina Stycze\u0144, as a recipient of the Excellence Scholarship of the Community of Madrid since 2022 and the Katarina Gurska Foundation Scholarship (2021\u20132022, 2024\u20132025).<\/p>\n<p>She has also received masterclasses from Tomasz Lisiecki, Philippe M\u00fcller, Csaba Onczay, Orfilia Saiz, and Emil Rovner.<\/p>\n<p>She was a finalist in the 8th and 9th David Popper International Cello Competition in Hungary and a semifinalist in the 12th Lutos\u0142awski International Cello Competition in Poland. She has also been awarded prizes in the 8th Jaime Dobato Benavente Competition, the Intercentros Mel\u00f3mano Competition (2020), the 4th \u201cLuthiers Clar\u201d International Cello Competition, the 2nd I. J. 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