Biography

Nuria Canales Rubio is a Spanish baroque flute player who began her musical journey at the age of 9. She used to take the school recorder on holidays instead of her dolls. She soon switched to transverse flute, and now she holds both a BA and a MA degree in modern flute.

Over the years, her fascination with historical performance and the baroque flute has deepened. At the age of 20, a serendipitous encounter with the baroque flute maestro Wilbert Hazelzet led her to the Netherlands, where she fully immersed herself in Historical Performance under the guidance of Dr. Jed Wentz at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (BA). In 2022, she relocated to the US, and since then, she has been an active performer with American Baroque ensembles such as ARTEK, Yale Schola Cantorum, Austin la Follia, Austin Baroque Orchestra, Lumedia Musicworks, and Philharmonie Austin.

Currently, Nuria is a student in the Historical Performance program at the Juilliard School, under prof. Sandra Miller’s guidance, and regularly performs as part of the baroque ensemble Juilliard415. She has recently attended Les Arts Florissants’ annual festival, Dans les Jardins de William Christie - 2024. She is the founder and artistic director of the baroque ensemble Passiones Animae.

Nuria has always been passionate about teaching and has shared her knowledge through baroque flute masterclasses at the Butler School of Music and Texas State University. Additionally, she is a certified Music Together teacher and finds great joy in teaching early childhood music programs.

Nuria is happily married and cherishes her black cat, Muffato.