Lluvia
Violinist & Artist
Where music becomes emotion.
01 / The Artist
Beyond the Notes
A violin voice between the orchestra, chamber music, and the classroom.
Born in Durango, Lluvia Sánchez has played the violin and the piano since the age of five. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Music from the Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango (UJED), with honorable mention and the Benito Juárez Medal of Merit, and completed master’s studies in Performance of Mexican Concert Music at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música.
Her path brings together solo playing, orchestral work, and chamber music, with a steady focus on Mexican concert music. She has appeared as soloist with the Orquesta Sinfónica de la UJED and has been a member of NOVA Ensamble de México and the Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil Alfredo A. González. Since 2012 she has taught violin, voice, and solfège, and she lives in Mexico City. In 2026 she was selected as a Violin Fellow for the 2027 cohort of OAcademy’s Global Artist Diploma.
Full biography
Born in Durango, she has played the violin and the piano since the age of five. She has taken part in numerous orchestras and festivals — among them the Orquesta Esperanza Azteca Nacional, the Orquesta Internacional del Festival Ricardo Castro, the Orquesta Filarmónica de Xalapa, and others — sharing the stage with artists such as Joshua Bell, Plácido Domingo, Yo-Yo Ma, Alexander Markov, and Valery Gergiev.
Founding member of NOVA Ensamble de México (directed by maestra Salomé Herrera), as principal second violin and concertmaster during the 2019 tour in Mexico City. She has taught children and teenagers since 2012 at the Taller de Música de la UJED, the Centro de Iniciación Musical of the Escuela Superior de Música in Durango, and in private lessons in violin, voice, and solfège.
As a soloist she has performed with the Orquesta Sinfónica de la UJED, the Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil Alfredo A. González, and NOVA Ensamble de México; she has taken part in the Hermilo Novelo competition (Mexico City) and the Concurso Nacional de Violín in Zacatecas. She founded the Grupo de Estudio, the subject of research for its self-managed work in stage practice. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Music from the UJED, with honorable mention and the Benito Juárez Medal of Merit.
She now lives in Mexico City, where she completed a master’s degree in Performance of Mexican Concert Music at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música with maestro Adrián Justus. In recent years she has given the concerts Las Joyas de México, at the Festival Internacional Petrof, with pianist José Luis González; Entre Cuerdas, with Adrián Justus, at the Museo Casa Rivas Mercado; and Prohibido No Escuchar. Estéticas Revueltas en Concierto, at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de la Ciudad de México. She has also studied orchestral conducting with Eduardo Álvarez and Michael Cousteau, and has taken part in Salvatore Caputo’s masterclass and in activities of the Taller de Ópera de Bellas Artes.
In 2026 she was selected as a Violin Fellow for the 2027 cohort of OAcademy’s Global Artist Diploma, an international program of advanced artistic training that brings together mentorship, performance studies, masterclasses, and professional development for musicians.
02 / The Journey
A Life in Music
From the Orquesta Sinfónica Esperanza Azteca Nacional to her selection as an OAcademy Violin Fellow.
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2026–2027
International Fellowship
OAcademy — Global Artist Diploma
2027 Cohort · Violin Fellow
In 2026 she was selected as a Violin Fellow for the 2027 cohort of OAcademy’s Global Artist Diploma.
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2026
Festival Internacional Petrof
Las Joyas de México concert, with pianist José Luis González, concert pianist of Bellas Artes.
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2026
Entre Cuerdas
Concert with violinist Adrián Justus at the Museo Casa Rivas Mercado.
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2026
Festival in Puebla
Violin masterclass at the Festival Internacional de Música de Cámara y Dirección.
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2025
Conservatorio Nacional de Música
Completes master’s studies in Performance of Mexican Concert Music at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música.
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2025
Estéticas Revueltas en Concierto
Prohibido No Escuchar concert at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de la Ciudad de México.
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2024–2025
Orchestral conducting
Orchestral conducting studies with maestro Eduardo Álvarez and Michael Cousteau (France). Takes part in the orchestral conducting masterclass given by maestro Salvatore Caputo and in activities of the Taller de Ópera de Bellas Artes.
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2023
Teaching and study
Gives a violin and chamber music masterclass at the Escuela Superior de Música (Durango). Enters the master’s program in Performance of Mexican Concert Music (Conservatorio Nacional de Música).
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2022
Don Giovanni
Performs in the opera Don Giovanni, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, conducted by maestro Iván López Reynoso with the Orquesta Sinfónica de la Universidad Panamericana.
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2022
Bachelor’s degree in Music
Graduates with a bachelor’s degree in Music, violin concentration (UJED), with honorable mention and the Benito Juárez Medal.
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2018–2021
NOVA Ensamble de México
Principal second violin of NOVA Ensamble de México; concertmaster on the 2019 Mexico City tour; concertmaster of the Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil Alfredo A. González (UJED).
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2013–2022
Orquesta Sinfónica de la UJED
First violin in the Orquesta Sinfónica de la Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango (OSUJED), with which she appears as soloist in 2019.
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2019
Competitions
Takes part in the Hermilo Novelo competition (Mexico City) and the Concurso Nacional de Violín in Zacatecas.
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2017
Universidad Veracruzana
Completes a student exchange at the Facultad de Música of the Universidad Veracruzana in Xalapa as a student of maestra Agnieszka Maklakiewicz. During this time she is also a member of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Xalapa and is invited to take part in the opening of the Festival Internacional de Jazz.
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2014–2017
Festivals and clinics
Takes part in chamber-music festivals, solo appearances, and instrumental clinics in Querétaro, Durango, Zacatecas, Xalapa, and Monterrey.
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2011–2014
Esperanza Azteca Nacional
Member of the Orquesta Sinfónica Esperanza Azteca Nacional, touring with Plácido Domingo, Joshua Bell, and Yo-Yo Ma, among others.
An interlude in light
The Resonance
Every note leaves a trace.
Touch the strings
Selected Performances
The Sound of Lluvia
Every performance tells a story.
Contact
Concerts, recordings, and lessons
Write to me about recital proposals, chamber music, education projects, or violin lessons.
- Email [email protected]
- Phone (618) 169 2982
- Location Mexico City