Beltane Ruiz Molina (double bass), born in Soria (Spain), studied double bass in London, Berlin and Basel with Rinat Ibragimov, Esko Laine and Janne Saksala. In the area of early music she was taught by Peter McCarthy and David Sinclair; Uli Fussenegger gave her inspiration in contemporary music. At the same time, she completed her studies in composition with Malcolm Singer and Walter Zimmermann in Berlin.
Her musical interest lies in both historical performance practice and the latest developments in contemporary music. She has performed with La Chambre Philharmonique, Ensemble Cordia, the Elbipolis Baroque Orchestra, Combattimento, Anima Eterna Brugge and the Basel Chamber Orchestra, among others. She has also been a guest with various ensembles for contemporary music, including the Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Ruhe and Ensemble Musikfabrik.
Beltane Ruiz Molina works with orchestras and conductors from Germany, England, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Her chamber music partners include the Danish String Quartet, the Amaryllis Quartet, the Szymanowski Quartet and the Quartetto Bernini. As a soloist, she took part in the staged opera installation Body Opera by composer Wojtek Blecharz, which was performed at the Huddersfield Festival, the Nowy Teatr in Warsaw and the rainy days Festival in Luxembourg.
CD recordings include works by Franz Schubert (Trout Quintet) with Jos van Immerseel and Midori Seiler as well as pieces by Sofia Asgatowna and Christian Lindberg with the Sonic.Art Saxophone Quartet.
