Initially Anna Cazurra began her music training at the prestigious Music Conservatory of Barcelona in Spain where she studied piano and violin—later delving into composition and orchestration under the guidance of the Spanish composer Josep Soler. She earned degrees of Profesora Superior—roughly equivalent to a Master’s Degree in the United States—in both composition and instrumentation as well as in music pedagogy.
Simultaneously, she embarked on musicological studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona where, in 1988, she earned her Licenciatura or “Bachelor’s Degree” in Art History. The Spanish government then granted her a highly coveted four-year scholarship, the Formación de Personal Investigador