Rebeca Nuez Suarez

Nuez Suarez was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria into a family of musicians, she started her musical training with her father when she was three years old, and she began her violin studies with her uncle when she turned six years old. Her uncle, and aunt are both professional violinists and members of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, the main symphony orchestra in the Canary Islands and resident orchestra of the Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, in Gran Canaria.{{Cite web|url=https://canariasnoticias.es/2017/03/28/la-fundacion-orquesta-filarmonica-de-gran-canaria-presenta-la-28-semana-santa-musical|title=La Fundación Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria presenta la 28 Semana Santa Musical Gran Canaria|date=2017-03-28|website=Canariasnoticias.es|language=es|access-date=2019-06-12}}

On stage since the age of seven, Nuez Suarez has been performing publicly from the beginning of her musical training.{{Cite web|last=icruceros|date=2020-09-03|title=Rebeca Nuez Suárez|url=https://icruceros.eu/rebeca-nuez-suarez/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=Revista digital gratuita de Cruceros, cine y viajes|language=es}} She made her solo debut whe she was fourteen years old with the Joven Orquesta de Gran Canaria under Zdzislaw Tytlak.{{Cite web|url=https://ocio.laprovincia.es/agenda/las-palmas/conciertos/las-palmas-gran-canaria/eve-934362-concierto-rebeca-nuez-suarez-sergio-a-alonso.html|title=Concierto de Rebeca Nuez Suarez y Sergio A. Alonso, Conciertos en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – Ocio en La Provincia|website=Ocio.laprovincia.es|access-date=2019-06-12}}

Her parents became members of diverse folk music groups that explored traditional music from the Canary Islands, and they encouraged their daughter to take part in many of their concerts during her teenage years.{{cite web|title=Cabildo de Gran Canarias. Area de Cultura (2004) Memoria de Actividades|url=https://mdc.ulpgc.es/utils/getfile/collection/aea/id/2056/filename/2057.pdf|website=Mdc.ulpgc.es}}

Rebeca Nuez Suarez lived in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and trained as a violinist under the guidance of her uncle at the Academia de la Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria while attending middle school and high school.

Nuez Suarez moved to the Netherlands when she turned seventeen to continue her education at Codarts University for the Arts (Rotterdam). She later joined the Conservatorium Maastricht, where she graduated and obtained her Bachelor Diploma. She moved to London to continue her education as a postgraduate student at the Royal College of Music.{{Cite news|last=Rodríguez|first=Belkys|date=4 May 2020|title=Rebeca Nuez Suarez: historia de una virtuosa del violín.|work=L&B Actual|url=https://www.landbactual.com/rebeca-nuez-suarez-historia-de-una-virtuosa-del-violin/?fbclid=IwAR2FrzYepDR7C_1014BLRy0iUjlWpZhJyqt1cMD6kRabf2Rk1lBYYDowub4|access-date=12 March 2021}} Nuez Suarez was awarded a scholarship from La Caixa Banking Foundation Fellowships Programme{{Cite web |date=June 26, 2018 |title="la Caixa" Banking Foundation SCHOLARSHIPS |url=https://unescochairutad.wordpress.com/2018/06/26/la-caixa-banking-foundation-scholarships/ |website=Unescochairutad.wordpress.com}} in support of her study at the Royal College of Music.{{cite web |date=21 May 2019 |title=Estudios de posgrado en universidades europeas : Resultados del proceso de selección |url=https://obrasociallacaixa.org/documents/10280/238018/becarios_europa_2019_es.pdf/4129727f-0085-6ae0-5d6a-1cdb2a9c907d?t=1558433286507 |access-date=29 August 2019 |website=Obrasociallacaixa.org |format=PDF |location=Barcelona}}

In May 2017, Nuez Suarez performed as a guest artist at the annual Cinémoi charity gala in Cannes, during the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinemoimedia.com/assets/cin%C3%A9moi_mag2017_layout_3mobile.pdf|title=Cinemoi Magazine, 2017 Special Edition|website=Cinemoimedia.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.couturefashionweek.com/violinist-rebeca-nuez-cannes-global-short-film-awards/|title=Violinist Rebeca Nuez to Perform at the Global Short Film Awards Gala in Cannes|date=2017-04-19|website=Couture Fashion Week|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-12}} She has performed in several countries, including Germany, China, Czech Republic, Spain, Italy, France and the Netherlands.{{Cite web |last=Fetén |first=Revista |date=2023-04-16 |title=Rebeca Nuez Suárez |url=https://revista-feten.es/rebeca-nuez-suarez-2/ |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=Revista de Cine , viajes y tendencias |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=REBECA NUEZ SUÁREZ, violín SASHA GRYNYUK, piano |url=https://www.sociedadfilarmonicalpgc.com/events/rebeca-nuez-suarez-violin-sasha-grynyuk-piano |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=SociedadFilarLPGC |language=es}}

Nuez Suarez has stated she is interested in contemporary classical music and collaborating with composers that are currently working. In 2018 her recording of the piece “Alone” for violin solo, by Spanish composer Laura Vega, was digitally released worldwide .{{Cite web|url=https://www.canarias7.es/cultura/musica/rebeca-nuez-de-canarias-a-maastricht-CA6244499|title=Rebeca Nuez: de Canarias a Maastricht|date=2018-12-28|website=Canarias7.es|language=es-ES|access-date=2019-06-12}}

In 2018 Young Classicals, a non-profit cultural platform which promotes young soloists in Europe, collaborated with Nuez Suarez to record her performances of works by Eugene Ysaÿe and Maurice Ravel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youngclassicals.com/videos/sessions/a-session-with-rebeca-nuez-suarez/|title=Violin Sonata no. 2 – Young Classicals|last=Classicals|first=Young|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-12}}

In November 2019, Nuez Suarez released the music video "The Furies",{{Citation |title=Rebeca Nuez Suarez - The Furies |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mjT7jOsaH8 |language=en |access-date=2019-12-16}} featuring her recording of the fourth movement of the Eugene Ysaÿe's Violin Sonata Nr. 2, originally named Les Furies. "The Furies" became the first classical music video by a Spanish artist to feature in Vevo.{{Cite web|url=https://hq.vevo.com/|title=Vevo|website=Vevo|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-16}} Nuez Suarez made history emerging as the first Spanish classical musician to appear in this platform.{{Cite web|url=https://www.melomanodigital.com/rebeca-nuez-suarez-primera-espanola-en-protagonizar-un-video-de-musica-clasica-en-vevo/|title=Rebeca Nuez Suarez, primera española en protagonizar un vídeo de música clásica en Vevo|date=2019-12-04|website=Melómano Digital - La revista online de música clásica|language=es|access-date=2019-12-16}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.canarias7.es/cultura/musica/la-canaria-rebeca-nuez-protagoniza-el-primer-video-espanol-de-musica-clasica-en-vevo-KX8374815|title=La canaria Rebeca Nuez protagoniza el primer vídeo español de música clásica en Vevo|last=Canaria|first=Canarias7 / Las Palmas de Gran|date=2019-12-05|website=www.canarias7.es|language=es-ES|access-date=2019-12-16}} She was highlighted that year by Melómano Digital as an artist "paving a new way in the outreach of classical music".{{Cite web |last=Gascón |first=Cariluz |date=2019-12-04 |title=Rebeca Nuez Suarez, primera española en protagonizar un vídeo de música clásica en Vevo |url=https://www.melomanodigital.com/rebeca-nuez-suarez-primera-espanola-en-protagonizar-un-video-de-musica-clasica-en-vevo/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Melómano - La revista de música clásica |language=es}}

Nuez Suarez started a performance doctoral degree in London at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.{{Cite web |title=Rebeca Nuez Suárez, de Arucas a Londres por amor a la música - Infonortedigital.com |url=https://www.infonortedigital.com/portada/nortenos-por-el-mundo/item/87010-rebeca-nuez-suarez-de-arucas-a-londres-por-amor-a-la-musica |access-date=2021-03-09 |website=www.infonortedigital.com |language=es-es}} From 2023, she joined the doctoral programme at the School of Music in the University of Leeds.{{Cite web |last=2022-11-25T12:24:00+00:00 |title=The Strad - How creativity and academic research can feed curiosity in musicians: Violinist Rebeca Nuez Suárez |url=https://www.thestrad.com/education-hub/how-creativity-and-academic-research-can-feed-curiosity-in-musicians-violinist-rebeca-nuez-suarez/15769.article |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=The Strad |language=en}} Her doctoral project was awarded a British Spanish Society award in 2022.

She was selected as one of BBC Music Magazine’s Rising Stars in Summer of 2023. In 2024 she won the 'Best Classical' artist category at the Premios Canarios de la Música. She was nominated for the same award in 2023.{{Cite web |last=Culturamanía |date=2024-12-03 |title=La sexta edición de los Premios Canarios de la Música consagra el atrevimiento ecléctico del timplista Hirahi Afonso con dos galardones |url=https://culturamania.com/la-sexta-edicion-de-los-premios-canarios-de-la-musica-consagra-el-atrevimiento-eclectico-del-timplista-hirahi-afonso-con-dos-galardones/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Culturamanía |language=es}}

In December 2016, Nuez Suarez was briefly attached to a film in development by British film director Brian Skeet, titled “The Spanish Version”. An undisclosed health issue prevented Skeet from further developing the project, which was shelved shortly after.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehollywoodtimes.today/rebeca-nuez-kills-it-at-cannes/|title=Rebeca Nuez Kills It At Cannes! |website=Thehollywoodtimes.today|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-12}}

At the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival Skeet said of her: “I truly believe the passion she shows for her music will be translated in film. [...] We celebrate new talent and new faces, and I can say I cannot think of anyone I want to celebrate more than this young artist”.

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Category:21st-century Spanish classical violinists

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Category:Codarts University for the Arts alumni

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