María Teresa Ferrer Ballester

Doctor of Musicology

Recipient of an Extraordinary Doctorate Award and holder of a scholarship from both the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome and from Chapel Hill University (North Carolina, USA), María Teresa Ferrer is a specialist in Spanish Baroque music.  She has brought to light an unpublished musical repertoire of that period from festivals of ancient music in Spain (Cuenca Festival of Religious Music) and abroad (Havana, Cuba and Sheffield, UK).  Ferrer has taught at the Universities of Valladolid and Católica de Valencia, as well as at the Liceu Conservatory of Barcelona.  She was Director of the Masters Degree in Musical Research and Interpretation at the International University of Valencia, where she is currently Director of Arts and Humanities.  Ferrer is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Valencian Music Academy, advisor to the Anuario Musical magazine of the Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [CSIC]), and researcher on the RDI (Research, Development and Innovation) project 'The Musical Heritage of Modern Spain (17th and 18th centuries)' .