Elena Santana de la Rosa began her studies in classical viola in Victoria de los Ángeles conservatory with Rocío Gómez and Jaime Huertas. She started her Bachelor studies in the Royal Conservatory of Madrid and is currently finishing them in the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with Mikhail Zemtsov.

Elena has participated with several orchestras in Spain, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Mexico, El Salvador, Omán and China. She has performed with conductors and soloists such as Valerij Gergiev, Jaime Martín, Georg Fritzsch, Emmanuel Pahud, Alexei Ogrintchouk, Giovanni Sollima, Gordan Nikolic.

She has received masterclasses from renowned musicians such as Michael Kugel, Alexander Zemtsov, Julia Dinerstein, Dana Zemtsov,Tatjana Masurenko, Leonor quartet, Quiroga Quartet, Vlad Bogdanas, Andra Darzins, Alexandru Gavrilovici.