Biography: María Mendoza, pianist, composer, and teacher is born in Oviedo (Spain) in 1975. Music degree in Piano, Chamber Music, and Solfège by the Music Conservatory of Bilbao (Spain), and Fine Arts degree by the Basque Country University. In 2002 she moves to Galice where she starts her Composition studies at the Music Conservatory of Vigo. She teaches composition for six years at this conservatory, and from 2011 in the Music Conservatory of Ourense.