Belén was awarded the Extraordinary Prize for Violin upon completing her professional studies at the Torrent Conservatory. In 2019, she was selected for the Concertgebouworkest RCO Young project, a program for young European talents aged 14 to 17, performing at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Flagey in Brussels.
Born in Alzira, Valencia, Belén began her violin studies at the age of 3 at the Suzuki School of Guadassuar Sentir with Nicolás Bay. She continued at the Musical Society of Alzira and was a student of violinist Vicente Balaguer. She has furthered her skills with Agustín León Ara, Enrique Palomares, Vasko Vassiliev, Sergio Castro, Sebastian Müller and Mª Carmen Antequera, among others.
Belén is a member of the Valencia Youth Orchestra and the Youth Orchestra of the Region of Valencia, the Orchestra of the Federation of Musical Societies of the Region of Valencia, where she has served as concertmaster. She has also been a member of the Youth Orchestra of the Province of Alicante, and with it toured Europe, the Netherlands and Austria. There, the orchestra won First Prize at the Summa Cum Laude Festival in Vienna, held at the Golden Hall of the Musikverein and the Konzerthaus in Vienna.
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- The person who has most influenced me as a musician has been my teacher Vicente Balaguer. I met him when I was 12 years old and that is when he began guiding me. If I am a violinist today it is because of him.
- Life shows us each our own road, although I do not believe in predestination. I am convinced that you reap what you sow.
- I wish I had been able to hear Jacqueline Du Pré play Elgar’s Cello Concerto. I am always moved by her recording of the piece.
- I like being a musician, but if I had to choose another profession, it would be something that would let me travel a lot because that is what I love to do.
- The first concert I played with Nostrum Mare Camerata was on a really nice, clear day in December in the Santa María Monastery in la Valldigna. I’ll never forget the energy we felt in the hall. Everyone, from the musicians to the audience, had a wonderful afternoon. The encore we played, Astor Piazzolla’s Invierno Porteño, was without doubt the icing on the cake that very special day.