She began her musical studies in 1995 at the
Barcelona Conservatory, finishing with a diploma in both voice and
piano. From 1998 to 2002, she was a member of the Konzertklasse of
Kurt Widmer at the
Music Academy of Basel, where she received a diploma as a soloist.
Discography
Awards
In 2009, Rial won the
ECHO Klassik Award, Germany's major classical award, in the category Young Female Artist of the Year.[2] In 2012 she won the award for the Opera Recording of the Year, arias by
Georg Philipp Telemann accompanied by the
Kammerorchester Basel.[3] In 2021 she received the
Traetta Prize[4] (Italian: Premio Traetta), an award assigned by the Traetta Society in recognition of achievements in the rediscovery of the roots of European music.
^Albert Torrens, "Núria Rial - Una veu catalana al cor d'Europa" in Catalunya música: Revista musical catalana, ISSN 1136-7458, Nº. 327, 2012, pp. 10–13 "Des que fa més de deu anys es va installar a la ciutat suïssa de Basilea, la soprano catalana Núria Rial s'ha anat fent un lloc, amb discreció però amb constància, al panorama líric centreeuropeu."