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The Colombian soprano, Lina Marcela López, began studying music at the age of 16. In 2000, she passed the entrance exam to study composition and singing with Andres Posada and Danaila Hristova, at EAFIT University in Medellin, where she obtained her Bachelor Music degree in Voice in 2006. In 2008, she entered a Master at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, in Switzerland, and specializes in the performance practice of early music with Rosa Domínguez. She obtained her Master’s degree, summa cum laude in 2011
Lina López leads a busy concert life in Europe and Latin America,. As a soloist, she has sings in particular in A hymn to Harmony and The Judgment of Paris by John Eccles, The Passions by William Hayes, Jesu Membra Nostra by Dietrich Buxtehude, Vesperae solennes de confessore by W.A. Mozart, La serva padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Mass in G major by Franz Schubert, Magnificat by John Rutter, Penelope la Casta by Alessandro Scarlatti, Il Vespro della Beata Vergine by Claudio Monteverdi, Montezuma by Carl Heinrich Graun, The Messiah, Ester and Deborah by George Frideric Handel…
Lina López collaborates with ensembles such as Elyma Ensemble and Capilla Panamerica (Director: Gabriel Garrido), Música Temprana (Director: Adrian Van der Spoel), Musica Caeli Graz (Director: Franz. M. Herzog), Melpomene (Director: Conrad Steinmman), La Grande Chapelle (Director: Albert Recasens), Ensemble La Fenice (Director: Jean Tubéry), La Cetra Barockorchester Basel (Director: Federico Sepulveda), Colombian Symphony Orchestra (Director: Felipe Aguirre), Daimonion Ensemble (Director: Anaïs Chen-Maria Gonzalez), Glossarium, Le Concert Étranger (Director: Itay Jedlin), and Genève Baroque.
In addition, Lina López also works regularly with the Argentine lutenist Gabriel Schebor and the Spanish harpist Manuel Vilas Rodriguez. In 2012 and 2013, she participated in the recording of the discs "Bailes, Tonadas y cachuchas" and "Missa Criolla" with the Dutch ensemble Musica Temprana. In 2014, 2015 and 2017 she also sang in 3 recordings around Juan Hidalgo, Sebastian Duron and Pedro Ruimonte with the Spanish ensemble La Grande Chapelle. |
