Candela Elía began her piano studies with her mother at the age of three and later studied with Professor Gennady Dzubenko at the Luthier School of Music from 2012 to 2023. She continued her studies at the Liceu Conservatory of Music under Professor Tensy Krismant, receiving an excellence scholarship from the Ferrer-Salat Foundation.
Her supplementary training includes masterclasses with Tatiana Zelikman, Akiko Ebi, Mikhail Voskresensky, and Ilya Maximov.
Her artistic and professional experience encompasses numerous solo piano recitals, chamber music performances, and instrumental and vocal accompaniment at various venues and cultural spaces in Barcelona, Tarragona, and Girona—such as the Cercle Artístic, the Center for North American Studies, the Church of Sant Gaietà, the Church of Corbera, the College of Physicians, the Luthier School of Music, Palau Robert, Magatzem d’Ascó, Sala Sant Gaietà, the Valvi Foundation, and the Oval Hall of the National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC). Her awards and recognitions include the 1st Prize at the José Porta Competition (2025), the 1st Prize at the Albéniz Competition in Camprodon, the 2nd Prize at the Villahermosa Competition (2024), the 5th Prize at the Ricard Vinyes Competition in Lleida, the 2nd Prize at the Sant Anastasi Competition (2023), the 1st Prize at the Albéniz Competition in Camprodon (2021), an Honorable Mention at the BBVA Young Talents Competition (2019), the 2nd Prize at the Ricard Vinyes Competition in Lleida (2019), the 1st Prize at the Mataró Piano Competition (2017), the 1st Prize at the Badalona Chamber Music Competition (2017), the 1st Prize at the Villahermosa Competition in Mexico (2016), the 1st Prize at the Barcelona School of Music Piano Competition (2015), and the 1st Prize at the Arjau Competition in Barcelona (2014).
She has also been active as a composer, creating, performing, and recording the soundtrack for an audiovisual project for Lolalolita, as well as fulfilling custom musical commissions.
Currently, she continues to pursue her studies and musical career while also dedicating herself to teaching.
Candela Elía
- Piano
