María Ángeles Ferrer-Forés is one of the most prestigious musicologists and music pedagogues of Spain, “Acción Magistral” Award by FAD-UNESCO-BBVA (2010) and Rome Prize from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2018-2019). Born in Palma de Majorca, Spain, she is PhD in Musicology from the University of Salamanca (2005). She made her postgraduate courses at University of Salamanca and University of London (1996-1998). She has a degree in Musicology (1996) and a degree in History of Art (1996) from the University of Salamanca. She also has a Master’s Degrees in piano (1992), singing (2000), music composition (2000) and music theory (2001), with the highest qualifications, at the Balearic Islands, Salamanca and Seville Superior Conservatories of Music. She is Music Professor in Secondary Education at Madrid (1998-current), Music Associate Professor at University of Valladolid (2008-2012), UDIMA, Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (2012-2014) and Music Professor at UNIR, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (2011-2015).
Considered one of the best music professors of Spain, she is the author of the collection of educational materials for students and teachers of Secondary Education Music and Plastic, Visual and Audiovisual Education (AEON Libros, 12 books, Andalusia edition-LOMLOE edition, 2024), of Primary Education (collection Música Vuvuzela, 12 books, 2023), Secondary Education Música and Educación Plástica, Visual y Audiovisual (AEON Editorial, 12 books, 2020), Plastic Guides for Secondary Education (4 books, Aralia XXI Editions, 2018), History of Art Guide for Bachellors (Aralia XXI Editions, 2016), Dando la nota (Hit the note), published by Pearson (35 books, 18 CDs and 14 CD-ROM in 2010, 2009 with numerous editions, best-seller in Spain), Tosca by Giacomo Puccini (Salamanca University Press, 2007), Music Exedra Project published by Oxford University Press (9 books and 8 CD in 2005, 2004, 2003) and more than one hundred articles, proceedings of national and international conferences and notes to concert programs. She is a member of the organization of the Ibiza International Piano Competition and the Ibiza International Piano Competition, ACE, CEDRO, SGAE, Fundación Ramón Barce-Elena Martín, Parlamento Mundial de Educación (PAME) and Academia de Música de España. As a musicologist, writer, singer and pianist, she has a prolific scientific and artistic production. It is a world specialist singer in the Medieval masterpiece “The Song of the Sibyl” (UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage).
She has offered recitals as singer and pianist at festivals including “Classics of XXIst Century” at Fundación Juan March, Ibiza International Music Festival, Mozart Festival with the Balearics Symphony Orchestra at Auditorium of Palma de Majorca, Contemporary Scene Festival “Círculo de Bellas Artes” Madrid, Salamanca Contemporary Music International Festival, Seville Opera Festival, Cordoba Sensxperiment Festival, Grenade “Tocando las Estrellas” Festival, Valencia Nits d’Art d’Aielo Festival, Alcalá de Henares Cathedral International Organ Festival, Siena Accademia dei Rozzi (Italy), Würzburg Residence (Germany), Esztergom Summer University Festival (Hungary). Since 1985 and every Christmas Eve Mass she performed “El Cant de la Sibil·la” (The Song of the Sibyl), UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage at Sant James church in Palma de Majorca (Spain). Her performance is expected with the greatest expectation. As a worldwide specialist in performing the Medieval masterpiece “The Song of the Sibyl”, she has sung it in concerts and explained in congresses around Spain, Portugal, Ireland, United Kingdom and Turkey.