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«The pianist convinces with a finely nuanced sensitive playing, that one wants to listen to» Pizzicato Magazine
«[...] Maria Canyigueral immediately proved to be a very subtle and expressively pure pianist, a true co-creator of the interpretation. In addition to the technical feats I immediately perceived her sense of the purity and beauty of the piano sound» by Marijan Zlobec
«Superb performance» Musical Opinion

«Maria Canyigueral's work is outstanding for its originality and the way it conveys her delicate, subtle, and deeply intense musical vision. Her playing shows agogic balance, timbral flexibility, emotional intelligence in dynamic layering, and precision in articulation and pedaling. Honesty, ongoing revision, thoughtful elaboration and a constant drive for improvement.» Melómano

"Canyigueral has handled nuance with delicacy. Intimacy, melodic and harmonic preciosity." Lluís Trullén, Revista Musical Catalana

Maria Canyigueral has been described by La Vanguardia as "a pianist of great personality".
One of the leading lights among the new generation of Spanish pianists, Maria Canyigueral has inspired collaborations with outstanding contemporary composers such as Antón García Abril, Benet Casablancas, Nicolas Bacri, Konstantia Gourzi and Moritz Eggert.

Her international career has taken her to prestigious venues and festivals including the Palau de la Música Catalana and Auditori in Barcelona, at Fundación Juan March in Madrid, at the Wigmore Hall in London and at Ljubljana Festival. She has also performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, where she made her debut with Beethoven Choral Fantasy Op.80 alongside the Fundació Liceu orquestra and Manel Valdivieso.

Maria Canyigueral has performed in Spain, the UK, Japan, Belgium, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and France.

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In addition to her live performances, Maria has made an impact with her recordings. Her solo album Avantguarding Mompou for Audite (2020) has been critically acclaimed from magazines such as International Piano, Pizzicato, Revista Musical Catalana and Melómano. It features the complete Cançons i danses by Frederic Mompou and commissions from Nicolas Bacri, Antón García Abril, Joseph Phibbs, Konstantia Gourzi, Moritz Eggert, Jiri Gemrot, Josep Maria Guix, Joan Magrané and Victor Estapé. The project was world premiered at the Conway Hall in 2018, awarded by Arts Council in England and supported by Instituto Cervantes, Fundació Mompou and Institut Ramon Llull. 

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Her first album with violinist Lana Trotovsek won the Gold Medal at the Global Music Awards in California featuring works by C. Franck, Granados, Skerjanc and Finzi (Hedone Records, 2016). It was followed by two further Hedone Records releases: an album with flutist Boris Bizjak (2017) and a live recording of a solo recital at the Palau de la Música Catalana (2021), featuring music by Bach, Beethoven, Haydn and Montsalvatge.

Maria’s longstanding collaboration with Lana Trotovšek has also resulted in a recording of Beethoven’s complete works for violin and piano. Their performances of the complete Beethoven cycle at Festival Ljubljana in 2020 were released on four CDs, thanks to ZKP RTV Slovenia and Festival Ljubljana. The recording received 'Melómano de Oro' in Melómano Magazine and five stars in Musical Opinion.

«[...] Their unforgettable playing takes our breath away. The Beethoven they offer is an aristocratically elegant, astute, but always a stormy live performance» DELO

«[...] Remarkable, true feel of a live intuitive performance» The Strad

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Her recording of Beethoven's complete works for cello and piano with cellist Ramon Bassal released by Da Vinci Classics (2023) is the recipient of 'Melómano de oro' and nominated for the ICMA awards 2024.

Her most recent recording project dedicated to Prokofiev, with Trotovsek and Bizjak for Somm Recordings (Milestones Vol.1 2024, Milestones Vol.2 2025) has received praise from Gramphone and BBC.

Having spent her formative years between Spain and the UK, Maria studied at the Conservatori del Liceu in Barcelona with Michel Wagemans before completing a Master of Arts in Performance at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she studied with Sulamita Aronovsky. She has also received musical guidance from Nino Kereselidze and André de Groote.

An avid chamber musician, Maria is the artistic director of the Cicle de Música de Cambra at Teatre de Sarrià in Barcelona, founded in 2021. 

Maria teaches chamber music and piano courses at Morley College London.