Nuria Rial studied voice and piano in her native Cataloña and was a member of Kurt Widmer's class at the Basel Academy of Music from 1998 to 2002. In 2003 she was awarded the "Preis der Helvetia Patria Jeunesse Stiftung" by the Pro Europa - European Foundation for Culture in Lucerne for her exceptional achievements as a singer. She has performed at all the leading music festivals in Europe and collaborated with such conductors as: Giovanni Antonini, Alfredo Bernardini, Fabio Bonizzoni, Pierre Cao, Laurence Cummings, Paul Goodwin, Howard Griffiths, Thomas Hengelbrock, René Jacobs, Gustav Leonhardt, Trevor Pinnock, Antoni Ros-Marbà, Skip Sempé and Teodor Currentzis as well as notable ensembles, including: Il Giardino Armonico, The English Concert, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Concerto Köln, Kammerorchester Basel, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Al Ayre Español, Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla, Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester Basel and Cappella Gabetta, just to name a few.

She has appeared in important operatic productions in many of Europe's most prestigious opera houses: Cavalli's Eliogabalo (Eritea) at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels under René Jacobs; Monteverdi's L'Orfeo (Euridice) at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin again with René Jacobs and at the Grand Théâtre in Geneva with Giovanni Antonini and Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (Pamina) at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa.

Among her past engagements: Handel's 9 German Arias and Judas Maccabaeus at the Göttingen Händelfestspiele; Pergolesi's Stabat Mater in Antwerp, Linz and Maribor; concerts at the festivals in Innsbruck and Bremen; Mozart's Missa Brevis KV 259 in Santiago de Compostela at the presence of the Pope Benedict XVI; Handel's Messiah with the Bamberger Symphoniker; concerts and recording of Marianna Martines's Cantatas (Haydn's beloved pupil) and of Telemann's German Arias; a baroque gala with the Irish Chamber Orchestra under Matthew Halls; Mahler's Fourth Symphony in Basel; Matthäus-Passion on a Swiss tour; concerts in Freiburg and Gstaad and at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Lübeck; Mozart's Idomeneo (Ilia) for the Wort & Klang Festival on a Swiss tour; Anfossi's La Finta Giardiniera ( Sandrina) with Werner Ehrhardt and L'arte del mondo (recorded for Sony/DHM); El giravolt de maig by Toldrà at the Palau de la Musica in Barcelona; Golijov’s Ainadamar (Nuria) at the Teatro Real in Madrid, directed by Peter Sellars; Handel’s Solomon on a European tour, which included the Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestspiele and the Händelfestspiele in Göttingen; concerts with Elbipolis and Rolf Beck at the Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestspiele; a concert in Budapest with music by Widor and Vierne; Dido and Aeneas (Belinda) under Teodor Currentzis at the Teatro Real in Madrid and on tour in Perm, Berlin, Athens, Paris and NY.

Most recently: Messiah with Kammerorchester Basel on a European tour; Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater in Lausanne; concerts with Concerto Köln at the Dresden Frauenkirche; Weihnachtsoratorium in Lubeck; a European concert tour with L’Arpeggiata (program: Mediterraneo); a Liederabend at the Schwetzinger Festspiele; Die Zauberflöte (Pamina) in Budapest and then on tour in Amsterdam, Abu Dhabi, London and Berlin with the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Ivan Fischer; Petite Messe Solennelle in Gstaad with the Kammerorchester Basel; concerts with music by Marianna Martines with La Floridiana in Luxemburg and Barcelona and a series of baroque concerts in Munich, Barcelona (Palau), Boswil, Bremen (Bremer Philharmoniker), Istanbul, Hamburg (with the NDR Symphony Orchestra), Antwerp; Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater on tour with Musica Aeterna and Teodos Currenztis in Luzern, Vienna and Reggio Emilia; Caldara's La morte di Abel in Pavia and Salzburg. Plans include: Handel's Orlando on tour with Il POmo d'Oro Orchestra in Venice, Amsterdam, Paris, Essen, Madrid, and series of baroque concerts with the Freiburger Barockorchester in Freiburgm Dresden and Basel.

October 2019