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Adriana Figueroa Mañas graduated in 1997 from the school of music of the National University of Cuyo, where she earned the title “Licenciada in Music and Flute”. She attended many courses given by important and well-known flautists from Argentina, as well as several other countries. She also has completed Master courses in Latino-American music, at the University of Cuyo in Mendoza, Argentina and took several courses in jazz, improvisation, chamber music composition and orchestration, including contemporary orchestration techniques with a teacher from Buenos Aires. She has been a participant in several very important music meetings with eminent musicians and conductors. She has also played solos in the professional symphonic orchestras of Mendoza.
Adriana frequently takes part in a variety of musical groups, playing various styles including chamber music and popular music such as fusion and jazz. She plays the saxophone (alto and soprano), flute, piccolo, and contralto flute, and in many cases, she enjoys playing her own compositions and arrangements.
While studying at the National University of Cuyo, she was a member of the youth orchestra from its inception. While with this orchestra, she played part of her own work as a saxophone soloist.
She is also the saxophonist in the “West Jazz Band”, a traditional jazz band that was created seventeen years ago. The have participated in some very important performances in Mendoza, as well as jazz festivals in other provinces of Argentina. In 1990, they were awarded the prize for the best jazz band in Mendoza. Adriana was also the first flautist in the Vanguard Symphonic Orchestra, in Mendoza.
She was the flautist in a wood ensemble (“Enssamble Universidad”), which played her works and arrangements as part of their music repertoire. This ensemble won first prize in the Antorchas chamber competition, with her works for ensemble such as “Toys” and “Suite Infantil” (1998).
Adriana currently teaches music, composition, sax and flute. She has worked with children since 1992. She has formed an instrumental group with some of the children, and she and her pupils have recorded two cassettes of children’s songs. She composed the music and lyrics, and created the choral and instrumental arrangements.

Adriana is a member of the International Alliance of Women in Music (IAWM), where she writes articles for the IAWM journal as a unique composer representing Argentina.
She is member of FADEC, too (argentinian foundation of woman composers) with address in Buenos Aires. This organization difuses the music of women composers in Argentina.
Since Adriana is also a technician in computation, the computer has become a musical tool for her, and she makes full use of all available devices and programs for musical composition, as well as communications tools, such as the Internet. She has completed master courses in Latino-American music, at the University of Cuyo in Mendoza, Argentina.

Adriana currently teaches music, composition, orchestration, flute and sax, and has many works, premiered around the world, that take part of repertories of orchestras, groups, and musicians from different Countries like Argentina, Brazil, Canadá, Germany, Italy, Spain, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Australia, China, Suecia, United States, etc…
She has some prizes and honored mentions in Argentina and other Countries like Italia, United States, etc.