Violinist Marina Alba López attended the Heifetz Institute in 2023 and joined the Heifetz on Tour roster in the spring of 2024.  Marina graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance and Minor in Jazz Studies focused on Voice (and Violin) at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, last May, and is now enrolled in graduate studies with Pinchas Zukerman at the Manhattan School of Music. Marina was born in Madrid to a family of musicians and started to play the violin at the age of 7. Her musical training began with singing, when she joined the Madrid Community Choir at the age of 5. She sang in several operas at the Royal Theater of Madrid, including Tosca, Boris Godunov and Der Rosenkavalier. At IU she holds the Young Premier Artist Scholarship and the E H Claus Scholarship. She is also the recipient of Madrid’s Community Overseas studies Grant. As a Jazz vocalist, singing a wide range of styles, including Bossa Nova and salsa, as the lead singer of Wayne Wallace’s Latin Jazz Ensemble.