Barbara Ferraz Balboa

EDUCATION

• • Bachelor’s degree (2010) from Salamanca Music Conservatory (Spain)
  • Master’s degree in Flute with cum laude (2015) with profs. Frank Heindrickx, Carlos Bruneel and Peter Verhoyen (piccolo)
  • Bachelor’s degree in Art History (2015)
  • Master in Baroque Flute (2019) summa cum laude with prof. Frank Theuns in Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels
  • Master’s degree in Music Pedagogy from the International University of La Rioja (Spain)

EXPERIENCE AND PRIZES

• • She was member of youth orchestras such as Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie (Germany) and Youth Orchestra of Castilla y León (Spain).
  • She has collaborated with Antwerpen Symphony Orchestra and Brussels Philarmonic Orchestra.
  • She has been member of academies such as Collegium Vocale Gent Academy, Ton Koopman Academy and Freiburg Akademie.
  • She collaborates with Early Music ensembles such as La Petite Bande, L’Arpeggiata, B’Rock Orchestra, The New Baroque Times and Bach Academie Alden Biesen, among others.
  • With the ensemble Die Kölner Akademie, she has recorded CDs such as G.P. Telemann Christmas Cantatas III, J. W. Wilms Piano Concertos with pianist Ronald Brautigam, Emilie Mayer Ouvertures & Piano Concerto with pianist Tobias Koch and J. Offenbach Operetas in I act.

LANGUAGES

• • French, English, Spanish and a little Dutch.