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Marianne Rose Scott

USA

Marianne Rose Villar-Córdova Scott has been studying the violin since the age of six with concert violinist Mari-Liis Pakk. Alongside her violin studies, Marianne has pursued piano with equal dedication under Rosa and Marion Scott, emerging as a versatile young musician with significant accomplishments on both instruments. As a violinist, Marianne has been a winner at the Fanny Mendelssohn International Music Competition, Radda Rise International String Competition and the Orchestra Omaha Young Artists Concerto Competition, performing as a soloist with the orchestra. She has been invited to participate in the Zenith Virtuosi Festival at Drake University in both 2024 and 2025, where she served as first chair of the second violins. In 2024, she received a scholarship to attend the Sewanee Summer Music Festival and was selected as one of the few students chosen to perform as a concerto soloist through the festival’s Concerto Lab program. In the summer of 2025, Marianne was selected as one of twelve young violinists to study in Varazze, Italy with Francesco De Angelis, concertmaster of La Scala of Milan. Marianne is also an accomplished pianist with an extensive record of competitive and performance success. She won her first international piano competition at the age of six and made her orchestral debut one year later. Since then, she has received top prizes in numerous national and international competitions, including the Memphis International Piano Competition, the International Keyboard Odyssiad, Great Masters International Piano Competition, Clara Schumann International Music Competition, Franz Liszt Center International Piano Competition, and the Carmel Klavier International Piano Competition among others. In 2023, she was invited to participate in the Royal Winter Festival at The Juilliard School, where she performed in masterclasses with Hung-Kuan Chen and Mika Sasaki. Her recent achievements include a solo debut at Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall, Gold Prize at the Colors of Chopin International Piano Competition and the Ad Libitum International Piano Competition where she was also named pianist of the season. Marianne has also been a winner of the Bill Riley Talent Search Junior Division, with her performance broadcast on Iowa PBS. She is very grateful to be a recipient of the Coral Gables Music Club Scholarship.

Latest Recognition
  • Gold Prize
violin
Beethoven Award International Music Competition — 1/2026
Awards & Recognitions

A timeline of recognition

Beethoven Award International Music Competition — 1/2026
violin · D: 12-13 years old
F. Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro H. Wieniawski: Concerto No. 2 Op. 22 II.Romance
  • Gold Prize
Ad Libitum International Piano Competition — 5/2025
Piano · Piano Junior
D. Cimarosa: Sonata in D Major Sonata in D Minor J. Haydn: Sonata in D Major Hob XVI/37 II. Largo III. Presto F. Chopin: Mazurka Op. 7 No. 1 in Bb Major and No. 2 in A minor F. Price: Ticklin’ Toes The Goblin and the Mosquito
  • Pianist of the Season
  • Junior Gold Prize