About us
The violinist Arabela de Miguel Robledo and the pianist Claudia Fernández Parrondo crossed paths at the Hochschule für Musik in Basel. As a result, they decided to build a space for musical expression where they could transfer their complicity to performance. This is how Ebenum Duo was born, with the aim of giving the audience the opportunity to experience an honest, sincere and personal connection through the essence of the composer.
One of its main interests is to provide the group with a wide stylistic range, from historical interpretation to the adaptation of new techniques through contemporary repertoire. In the same way, as a result of the desire to connect with the public, Ebenum Duo seeks flexibility in its artistic expression to offer new concert formats combining visual arts with philosophy and searching for an own form of artistic expression.
Since its recent formation, they have had the opportunity to participate in several masterclasses with musicians as Heime Müller and Erich Höbarth and to present their work in various circles of concerts and competitions such as “Mimiko” (Basel), “Concurso Internacional de Música de Arnuero” (Spain), “Promenois“ (France) and “Jardí dels Tarongers” (Barcelona).
They are currently continuing their chamber music studies with Anton Kernjak and Anna Gebert, while working regularly with musicians such as Tobias Schabenberger, Raphaël Oleg, Geneviève Strosser and Zoltán Fejérvári.
Arabela de Miguel Robledo
Violin
The Spanish violinist Arabela de Miguel Robledo combines her work as first violin tutti in the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla with her activity as a chamber musician linked to the FHNW Hochschule für Musik Basel (Switzerland) where she receives advice from Raphael Öleg, Anna Gebert and Anton Kernjak. She completed her master's studies at the same institution, graduating with honours.
Specialising in orchestral music, during her postgraduate studies Arabela has held two academy positions with the Kammerorchester Basel and the Basel Sinfonietta, and has been a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra since 2022. She was also leader of the national Spanish youth orchestra “Joven Orquesta Nacional Española” (JONDE), and has collaborated as a professional freelancer with the Orquesta y Coro Nacional de España (OCNE), Lorenza Borrani’s well-known ensemble Spira Mirabilis, the Orquesta y Coro de RTVE, Orquesta de Extremadura, Orquesta de Cadaqués, and the Freixenet Orchestra of the “Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía”.
Arabela began her violin studies at the “Conservatorio Profesional Oreste Camarca” in her native Soria, graduating with honours and winning the Special Prize from the conservatoires of the region of Castilla y León for the best graduate of the year. She then completed her Bachelor degree with Joaquín Torre and Ana Comesaña at the “Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid”, graduating with the highest honours. Arabela has also worked with Anton Kernjak, Heime Müller, Ilya Kaler, Sergio Azzolini, Tobias Feldmann, Gordan Nikolic, Vera Martínez Mehner, Olga Kaler and Aitor Hevia, among others.
Arabela is ‘JONDE and Ferrer-Salat Scholarship Holder’ and has been generously supported by numerous Swiss foundations during her studies.
Claudia Fernández Parrondo
Piano
Claudia Fernández Parrondo is a Spanish pianist whose musical career includes concerts in venues such as the Zaragoza Auditorium, the Palau de la Música in Valencia, the Juan March Foundation in Madrid, the Rathauslaube in Schaffhausen (Switzerland), and Schloss Wildon (Austria).
To date, she has won several piano competitions and has been invited to participate in the Aurora Music Festival 2018 (Stockholm), the International Festival “Piano Meeting 2019” (Ourense), the Arte Classica Festival (Austria), and the West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival (Ireland), among others. Her musical training also includes participation in several national and international courses, where she has been able to receive masterclasses from renowned pianists such as David Kuyken, Nina Tichmann, Kennedy Moretti, Christian Pohl, Aleksandar Madzar, and Gabriela Montero, among others.
Born in 1997 in Manzanares (Spain), Claudia began studying music at the age of two in her hometown. In Albacete, she completed her professional music studies with honors in piano and also received the Extraordinary Award for Professional Artistic Studies from Castilla-La Mancha. She later studied piano at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón with Professor Miguel Ángel Ortega Chavaldas, graduating in June 2019 with honors in piano and receiving the award for best academic record in her class. After finishing in Zaragoza, she was admitted to the Hochschule für Musik in Basel (Switzerland), where she completed a Master's degree in performance and a Master's degree in pedagogy with Tobias Schabenberger and Zoltán Fejérvári. Finally, at the same institution, she took a specialization course in chamber music with professors Anton Kernjak and Anna Gebert.
In the field of chamber music, Claudia has had the opportunity to play in prestigious concert halls, while perfecting her chamber music training with musicians such as the Quiroga Quartet, Marta Gulyas, Sol Gabetta, Anthony Marwood, and Leonidas Kavakos.
She currently combines her pedagogical activity with the collaboration with numerous musicians, her main interests being chamber music and Lied.