SereniDuo
© Nikolaus Jira
-english
Ana Benítez was born in 1992 in Seville, Spain, and began playing the guitar at the age of eight. She completed her Bachelor’s degree under the guidance of Antonio Duro at the Manuel Castillo Conservatory in Seville. In 2019, she earned her Master’s degree with Professor Jürgen Ruck at the University of Music Würzburg.
She has participated in masterclasses with Petri Kumela, Frederik Munk, and Pablo Márquez. Ana Benítez is a member of the contemporary music project Guitar +, through which she collaborates closely with contemporary composers; their works have been performed in Germany and Denmark.
In 2011, she was awarded second prize at the international Mario Egido Competition.
She currently works as a guitar teacher at the solidarity-based music school Willkommen mit Musik e. V. in Würzburg.
Nectaria Delgadillo - was born in 1994 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, and began studying the cello at the age of nine.
She received her Bachelor of Music in Instrumental Performance in 2016 from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, where she studied with Professor Gal Faganel. In 2019, she completed her Master of Musical Arts in Cello Performance at the Texas Tech School of Music in Lubbock, studying with Professor Jeffrey Lastrapes.
Since 2010, she has participated in numerous summer music festivals, concerts, as well as masterclasses and workshops throughout Europe.
Following the completion of her Master’s degree in 2019, she decided to move to Europe and has been based in Nuremberg, Germany, since 2020.
In addition to her work as a cellist, she is also active as a teacher, working with institutions such as the Neustadt an der Aisch Music School, the Heroldsberg Music Institute, and the solidarity-based music school Willkommen mit Musik e. V. in Würzburg.
