Gorka Plada Girón studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin. He regularly performs throughout Europe as a soloist or chamber musician, working with and learning from world-renowned musicians such as Abel Realp, Vera Martinez Mehner, Valeriy Sokolov and Ruth Reindhart. He has participated in prestigious festivals such as the IMS Prussia Cove, Cliburn Junior, Segovia and the Wimbledon Festival and has performed in prestigious venues such as the Wigmore Hall, the Muth in Vienna and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

Gorka has received important advice from artistic personalities such as Robert Levin, Eberhard Feltz, András Schiff, Claudio Martinez Mehner, Edith Fischer, Nino Kereselidze and Artur Pizarro.