Marianne Rose Villar-Córdova Scott is a 12-year-old violinist and pianist based in Des Moines, Iowa. She began studying the violin at the age of six with concert violinist Mari-Liis Pakk. Alongside her violin studies, Marianne has pursued piano with equal dedication under Rosa and Marion Scott, emerging as a versatile young musician with significant accomplishments on both instruments.

As a violinist, Marianne has earned First Prize at the Fanny Mendelssohn International Music Competition and First Prize at the Young Artists Concerto Competition of Orchestra Omaha, performing as a soloist with the orchestra. She has been invited to participate in the Zenith Virtuosi Festival at Drake University in both 2024 and 2025, where she served as first chair of the second violins. In 2024, she received a scholarship to attend the Sewanee Summer Music Festival and was selected as one of the few students chosen to perform as a concerto soloist through the festival’s Concerto Lab program. In the summer of 2025, Marianne was selected as one of twelve young violinists to study in Varazze, Italy with Francesco De Angelis, concertmaster of La Scala of Milan.

Marianne is also an accomplished pianist with an extensive record of competitive and performance success. She won her first international piano competition at the age of six and made her orchestral debut one year later. Since then, she has received top prizes in numerous national and international competitions, including the Memphis International Piano Competition, Great Masters International Piano Competition, 6th Propiano International Competition, Princeton International Piano Festival, Radda Rise International Piano Competition, Clara Schumann International Music Competition, Franz Liszt Center International Piano Competition, and the Carmel Klavier International Piano Competition among others. In 2023, she was invited to participate in the Royal Winter Festival at The Juilliard School, where she performed in masterclasses with Hung-Kuan Chen and Mika Sasaki. Her recent achievements include a solo debut at Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall, Gold Prize and Pianist of the Season at the Ad Libitum International Competition, and First Prize at the Royal International Piano Competition. Marianne was also a winner of the Bill Riley Talent Search Junior Division, with her performance broadcast on Iowa PBS, and she is a recipient of the Coral Gables Music Club Scholarship.

Outside of music, Marianne enjoys crocheting, knitting, baking, and crafting, and she was the winner of the 2024 Des Moines Festival Essay Competition. She aspires to attend a major conservatory of music and to continue growing as a thoughtful and expressive performing artist.