Who We Are

Born in Madrid, I learnt my first songs on the piano in a family environment at the age of 4. At the age of 7 I began to study piano at the Fama music academy in Madrid, where years later I was prepared to enter the ‘Teresa Berganza’ Professional Conservatory of Music and obtain my intermediate piano degree.

During those years I worked in Madrid giving private and extracurricular classes in some prestigious schools such as the Sagrado Corazón under the direction of Sidney D’Agvilo.
Tired of my hometown, I entered the Conservatorio Superior de Música ‘Rafael Orozco’ in Córdoba, where I graduated in Piano and fell in love with Andalusia, from where I have never left.
Finally I came to Marbella, Malaga, working in different music academies on the Costa del Sol and as a music teacher at the British School of Marbella for several years.

After a long career as a teacher focused on music, and thanks to the support of students and families satisfied with my teaching, I managed to realise my dream by founding the Marbella Music School in January 2013.

Today I continue to train and research mainly in new teaching methodologies and I enjoy every single class I teach as much as the first day.

I love walking, dancing, travelling, listening to all kinds of music, long chats with my friends and above all enjoying my family inside and outside the house.

Born in Valencia but with mixed Peruvian and Spanish blood, my passion for music comes from my childhood.

My mother, an inveterate reader, always enjoyed her books while listening to classical music, traditional Peruvian music, chanson française, boleros… I also consider myself lucky to have lived through the 80s and its urban tribes to the full, not only for the enormous fun they brought, but also for the cultural and, above all, musical experience they meant for many of us, young people at the time.

I have always lived surrounded by music and musicians, so working at Marbella Music School, contributing my knowledge and training in administration and Public Relations to the teamwork that characterises this academy, as well as the personal and familiar treatment with our students and their families, makes me feel that I have found my place.

I am Yaiza, a teacher at Marbella Music School. I was born in this beautiful city in 1988 and since I was a child I was surrounded by musical relatives, which is why I was interested in discovering the world of music through the piano, at first through private lessons and later at the Elementary Conservatory of Marbella. As there was no professional conservatory, I continued my education in a free way, receiving master classes from different teachers, until I decided to take the path of teaching (Diploma in Musical Education, Degree in Primary Education with mention in PT), I wanted to bring the world of music to anyone in an easy and simple way. Since my first year of my degree, I have been very interested in the relationship between the brain and music, the neuronal connections, what it awakens and activates, which is why my latest studies are linked to neuropsychology through education. Currently I continue to train in music pedagogy so that each class and each student is and feels special.

Great lover of different musical styles where a little rocker hides inside me who loves fantasy readings, board games, everything that has to do with Asian food; a good geek who loves to remember Dragonball, Oliver and Benji, Sailor moon, Sakura Captor… and I am from the Gryffindor house.

My name is Carmen Kraus, I was born in Avila in 1984, since I was a child I loved singing Mecano songs with my older sisters while they played the piano and it was thanks to them that I started my studies at the Conservatory of Fuengirola at the age of 8 when destiny made me attend a presentation of stringed instruments and I fell in love with the violin and the viola and music in general. So I chose to continue my professional music studies in Malaga city.

I have been part of groups and orchestras of almost all musical styles, from classical to rock, passing through Celtic, flamenco, tango and even punk with which I recorded some albums.

I also participated in several tours around Europe and Morocco with the Malaga Provincial Youth Orchestra, the University Symphony and Chamber Orchestra and the Ilya Musin Orchestra of Madrid while continuing my education at the University of Malaga, finishing my studies with an A in Music Teaching.

In the last few years I have taken courses more focused on pedagogy, as I have dedicated myself more to teaching as a violin teacher, although without ever leaving aside performance, forming part of a group where, together with guitar and percussion, we compose our own songs, as well as collaborating with other musical groups.

In this way I continue my path in music as well as continuing to learn the technique of other instruments such as the piano.

Since I was very young I have always been linked to music. My family has always had a certain musical tradition, a large family of 8 siblings in which we all studied an instrument from an early age. Thanks to their studies at the conservatory, I decided to study at various institutions.

I went to the Weimar Academy in Madrid, studying piano and guitar. At the Creativa I took my first steps in harmony, composition and guitar. At 21 Century Music I got a professional guitarist diploma and several qualifications from the Rockschool, but that didn’t quite satisfy me and with the help of my modern guitar and jazz teacher I entered the Alfonso X University in Madrid to study a degree in music.

At the university, I got the scholarship to study it and being one of the best qualifications in my promotion I acquired this degree while learning from the hand of great musicians at national and international level, playing and learning with many of them, approaching the world of modern guitar, always linked to Jazz music, and working in several academies as a teacher.

Me llamo Francisco, tengo 33 años y soy músico desde los 10 años, especializado en batería. Actualmente me dedico profesionalmente a este instrumento, trabajando como sesionista en actuaciones en directo y grabaciones en estudio, además de trabajar como profesor de batería. He estudiado producción musical y he tenido la oportunidad de colaborar con músicos y productores de renombre.

Con más de veinte años de experiencia, he sido miembro de varias bandas, he grabado más de cuatro discos y he realizado giras internacionales. Como profesor de batería, me apasiona compartir mis conocimientos y experiencia con mis alumnos, ayudándoles a desarrollar su propio estilo y habilidades técnicas.

Mi amplia experiencia y versatilidad me permiten adaptarme a una gran variedad de estilos y proyectos, aportando siempre un enfoque profesional y creativo. Mi compromiso tanto con la interpretación como con la enseñanza de la batería refleja mi dedicación a la música y mi deseo de inspirar a los demás.

I was born in Malaga and grew up in Alhaurín el Grande. I have dedicated almost ten years to the world of teaching, having graduated in Bilingual Primary Education from the University of Malaga and in Higher Music Education, specialising in piano at the Conservatory of Music in Malaga.

I have received training from some of the most important figures in music teaching in Europe, such as Massimiliano Mainolfi, from the Conservatorio di musica F. A. Bonporti in Trento (Italy), David Kuyken, from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) or Doina Grigore, from the Universitatea Națională de Arte ‘George Enescu’ in Lași (Romania), among others. I also hold recognitions from various Spanish entities such as the Instituto Superior de Formación Apertura Psicológica (ISFAP) or the Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla.

So far, I have been teaching in various municipalities in the province of Malaga, such as Alhaurín el Grande, Coín, Álora and Yunquera, mostly in musical education, primary education and English.

My hobbies include cult cinema, video games, contact sports, animals, cars and nature.

I am Mexican by birth but of Spanish origin.

From a very young age I was known in the neighbourhood as ‘la cantaora’, and there was no party or gathering, as well as presentations at school, that I didn’t do ‘my show’.

Following the example of my grandparents with whom I spent every afternoon, I was interested in all genres of music, including classical music such as opera, zarzuela, Lied and classical Mexican and Italian songs.

At the age of 15 I began studying at the Manuel Álvarez theatre school, which belonged to the National Actors Association (ANDA), where I was taught singing by the tenor Cesar Millán.

Later, in Mexico City, I studied acting at the Estadio de Artes Escénicas ESAES under the direction of Ricardo de Pascual. At the same time I took private singing lessons with the soprano Victoria Zúñiga, for which I entered the school number 4 of the Instituto Nacional de las Bellas Artes where we performed several operas and Zarzuelas with great success, such as the opera Hänsel and Gretel by Humperdinck, the Zarzuela Luisa Fernanda, etc.

At the same time he performed in important halls in Mexico City such as the Hermilo Novelo hall, Ollin Yoliztli, Xochipilli, etc., as well as participating in various television programmes.
In 2018 in Spain I sang for a season with the polyphonic choir of Getafe, Madrid, and in 2022 in the Ubi Caritas choir in Malaga.

In September 2024 I joined the teaching staff of Marbella Music School where I teach vocal technique and interpretation.