ELIANA ESTRADA is a Los Angeles-born baroque violinist and violist whose musical journey began at age four studying fiddle music. She holds degrees from Oberlin Conservatory and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she won the 2023 and 2024 Baroque Concerto Competitions. She is a recent graduate of The Juilliard School where she studied with Cynthia Roberts and Elizabeth Blumenstock.

Eliana has performed at the Boston Early Music Festival, Musica Antiqua Bruges, and Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht. She has also worked with ensembles including Twelfth Night, Apollo’s Fire, and the Handel and Haydn Society, where she is a 2025–2027 Stone Fellow. She was recently awarded a fellowship at Mercury Chamber Orchestra in Houston and is a Drake Fellow with the American Bach Soloists in San Francisco. 

She has participated in festivals such as the Carmel Bach Festival Baroque and Classical Academy, Oregon Bach Festival’s Berwick Academy, and the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute. During the summer of 2026, her string quartet, Quartet Novalis, will be in residency as the Emerging Ensemble at the Arizona Early Music Festival.

Beyond performing and teaching, she enjoys befriending stray cats, watching horror films, and curating vintage clothing for her online shop.