Marta Liébana & Maria Cano – piano María Cano and Marta Liébana are both spanish pianists based in The Netherlands. Their collaboration as a piano duo was born from a friendship, a deep conection to their roots and love and respect to music. Coming from different schools and backgrounds they met at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam under the leading of David Kuyken. Prize winners at national and international competitions, they have performed in several countries: Hungary, Germany, France, Spain and The Netherlands. They received endorsments from Marta Gulyas, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Evgeni Koroliov, Alexander Kandelaki, Nino Kereselidze,… Nowadays María Cano is working on her thesis which is closely related to our program: a deep look into the caractheristics of the spanish folklore in the classical spanish repertoire. Marta Liébana teaches at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and the DNOA (De Nederlandse Opera Academy).