Aliza Vicente Aranda was born in Navarra (Spain). She studied her Bachelor (Hons) Degree in London on a Trinity College London scholarship with John Crawford and Walter Reiter. After obtaining her diploma she moved to Switzerland, where she studied a Master's in Performance at the Hochschule für Musik, Luzern, with professors Sebastian Hamann, Petra Mullejans and Giuliano Carmignola. She has recently obtained a Master’s degree in Historical Performance from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis under the guidance of Leila Schayegh.
 

Aliza was a member of EUBO (European Union Baroque Orchestra), EUYO (European Union Youth Orchestra), JONDE (National Youth Orchestra of Spain) and of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Experience Scheme with whom she collaborates nowadays professionally. She also performs with the Freiburger Barockorchester, La Cetra Barockorchester Basel and J.S. Bach Stiftung St. Gallen, Kammerorchester Basel, Zürcher Barockorchester,  as well as with groups such as the Ilyria Consort, Capricornus Consort Basel, La Centifolia or Spira Mirabilis. She has worked with musicians such as Simon Rattle, Rachel Podger, Jordi Savall, Enrico Onofri, Nicholas Kraemer, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Thomas Hengelbrock and Alfredo Bernardini.

Very active as soloist and chamber musician, she has appeared as such in the London Handel Festival, Istanbul Bach Days, BBC 3 radio live, SRF 2 Kultur, Grafenegg Festival, Festival de Música Antigua de Úbeda y Baeza, FIAS Madrid and the Davos Festival among others. She won the second prize at the International Berlin Bach Competition with her group Cardinal Complex Quartet and she recently released two CDs in 2021: 'Cristal bello' with the ensemble 'La Guirlande' and the label Vanitas and  'String Octets' with her string octet 'Bambú Ensemble' for the label IBS Classical.  She is the artistic director and concertmaster of the historically informed group Chiave d'Arco with who recently performed a programme with Sigiswald Kuijken in the Festtage Alte Musik Basel.
 

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