A native of Colombia, the multi-talented Maria Linares has composed music for a vast array of projects, including for film, documentaries, theater, and television, where her songs have been featured on television shows and web series. She holds a bachelor’s degree in music from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, as well as a master’s degree from New York University’s prestigious Scoring for Film and Multimedia program.

In 2014, she founded Fiona Records, a music production house that creates sound design and music for films, series, animation, and documentaries for production companies such as Netflix, Encantos Media, Amazon Prime, Nickelodeon, and Telemundo in various countries in Latin America and the United States.

She recently scored the documentary Higuita, The Way of the Scorpion for Netflix, directed by Luis Ara, about the life of soccer legend René Higuita, as well as Matrioshka, a feature film by director Jorge Forero, and The Book Signing, a film by director Bob Giraldi.

Maria Linares is recognized as one of the most outstanding composers of her generation in music for audiovisual media in Colombia. She works across a range of musical genres, from orchestral and fusion to electronic, always striving for the unique sound that emerges through collaboration with the creative teams of each project. Her versatility and ability to compose incidental music and original songs are among her greatest strengths.

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María Linares es compositora, cantante y gestora cultural, fundadora de Fiona Records, empresa dedicada a la composición de música original para proyectos audiovisuales.

Ha compuesto música original y canciones para documentales, series y cortometrajes de ficción para proyectos en Colombia, Panamá, México y Estados Unidos. Compuso música para la inauguración de la Cinemateca de Bogotá, en Junio de 2019 y ha producido cine conciertos en importantes escenarios como: Movistar arena, Teatro estudio del Teatro mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Cinemateca de Bogotá, Iglesia de San Pedro en Cartagena entre otros.

En el año 2014, fundó Fiona Records dónde ha compuesto música para cine, series, televisión y documentales para plataformas como Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Nickelodeon en América latina y Estados Unidos.

Ha sido invitada como conferencista a importantes espacios por su trabajo como compositora y gestora cultural: Festival Internacional de cine de Cartagena, Bogotá music market, Festival Villa del cine, Festival de cine de Bucaramanga entre otros. Miembro fundador y ex-presidente de Mucine (Asociación Colombiana de compositores de música para cine) y del equipo que lidera Women in Music Colombia.