María Dueñas

María Dueñas studied with Boris Kuschnir in Vienna. Her competition successes include first prizes at the Menuhin Competition, the International Vladimir Spivakov Violin Competition and the Zhuhai International Mozart Competition.

Her Deutsche Grammophon debut album, Beethoven and Beyond, was recorded with the Vienna Symphony and Manfred Honeck. Alongside Beethoven’s Violin Concerto it includes her own cadenzas. Her 2025 Paganini album was followed in 2026 by Homage to Heifetz, with Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela.

With Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic she gave the world premiere of Gabriela Ortiz’s Violin Concerto Altar de Cuerda. She has also appeared as a soloist with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.