Patricia Cordero (Madrid, 2000) is a versatile violinist, recognized as an “interpreter with a distinctive voice, conveying warmth, intimacy, and exceptional sensitivity” (Platea Magazine, 2026). She is currently pursuing postgraduate studies at the Musik-Akademie Basel and collaborates with musicians and ensembles across Europe.

Recently awarded at the El Primer Palau 2026 competition (1er Accesit and the Juventudes Musicales de España Award), she has received fourteen prizes at national and international competitions, including Second Prize at the 25th Andrea Postacchini Competition and First Prize at the 8th Premio Francesco Geminiani, as well as distinctions in chamber music, such as the EMCY Prize at the 2019 Juventudes Musicales de España Chamber Music Competition. She has performed as a soloist under the baton of David Afkham, Lucas Macías, Hansjörg Schellenberger, among others. Highlights include her performance of Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins alongside Anne-Sophie Mutter with the Viesgo Chamber Orchestra at the Auditorio Sony in Madrid.

As an accomplished chamber musician, Patricia has been invited to numerous festivals, including Krzyżowa-Music, Hohenstaufen Akademie, Eggenfelden Klassisch, Nitzow Akademie, Gstaad, Villars Music, Pau Casals – El Vendrell, Barcelona Obertura, and the Schubertíada, where she has collaborated with renowned artists such as Nobuko Imai, Rainer Schmidt, Ivan Monighetti, Paul Meyer, Volker Jacobsen, Jan Vogler, and Viviane Hagner. During her studies in Madrid, she was a member of the Óscar Esplá de Asisa Quartet under the guidance of Heime Müller (Artemis Quartet). Since 2024, she has also participated in chamber music concerts in Germany organized by the Villa Musica Rheinland-Pfalz Foundation.

As an orchestral musician, she was a member of the Akademie des Symphonieorchesters des Bayerischen Rundfunks (BRSO) in Munich from 2023 to 2025, led by Sir Simon Rattle. In the 2025/2026 season, she was an academy member of the Kammerorchester Basel. She has also collaborated with orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Galicia Symphony Orchestra, and the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (OBC), where she is regularly invited to perform as concertmaster and assistant concertmaster.

Passionate about historically informed performance, she studied with Paul Goodwin and Lina Tur Bonet at the Reina Sofía School of Music before taking part in Baroque projects on period instruments with the BRSO. She continues to deepen her understanding of this approach as a Baroque violin student at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and through collaborations with the Kammerorchester Basel, known for its historically informed sound and use of gut strings. Recently, she performed as a soloist with this orchestra, performing Mozart in a historically informed style.

Alongside, she enjoys creating interdisciplinary projects that blend classical music with jazz, and continues to deepen her knowledge of jazz within the Musik-Akademie Basel. Committed to innovative projects, she has promoted women composers through initiatives such as Devolviendo la voz (Reina Sofía School of Music), Querida Lili (Palau de la Música de València), and the EP Trésors Trouvés. She has collaborated on with contemporary dancers with the BRSO Akademie, participated in the Proyecto Arriaga with the Spanish National Dance Company at the Granada Festival, and performed in the children’s show Pulcinella, combining acting and chamber music. She is active in music education, contributing to BRSO educational projects in Munich and teaching at the 2024 Young Artists Summer Camp of Reina Sofía School. 

Patricia began playing the violin at the age of three and later completed her intermediate music studies, receiving Spain’s highest national award. She then continued at the Reina Sofía School of Music, guided by Professors Marco Rizzi and Sergey Teslya, where she was twice awarded ‘Most Outstanding Student’ by H.M. Queen Sofía, in both violin and chamber music.   She has also attended numerous international academies, supported by scholarships from Juventudes Musicales de Madrid and AIE Artistas, where she received masterclasses from Nora Chastain, Kolja Blacher, Krzysztof Wegrzyn, among others. Awarded the prestigious “la Caixa” Postgraduate Scholarship Abroad (2025), she is currently pursuing a master’s degree at the Musik-Akademie Basel (Switzerland) with Rainer Schmidt, alongside a minor in Baroque violin with David Plantier at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.

October 2026