María José Arrillaga Valero

Madrid-based composer, musicologist, and pianist, trained with José María Sánchez-Verdú, Manuel Seco de Arpe, and Jesús Rueda, and having attended courses with leading figures in contemporary music. Her works have been performed at Fundación Juan March, CentroCentro, and the Royal Conservatory of Music of Madrid. She composes and arranges for symphonic, musical, audiovisual, and video game projects, a field in which she received a scholarship from Fundación AIE in 2024. As a researcher, she was awarded a grant by the National Library of Spain for the study of Francisco Asenjo Barbieri’s manuscripts, regularly contributes to Doce Notas Digital Magazine, and teaches composition, harmony, and analysis at a conservatory.