Born in Spain in 1985, Luis Cabrera started playing the double bass at the age of 10. After finishing his studies in Madrid, where he studied with Professor Rafael de Frías and later with Karen Martirossian, he moved to London in 2002 to complete his undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Professor Rinat Ibragimov. Luis then completed his postgraduate studies at the "Hans Eisler University" in Berlin with Janne Saksala.

After receiving numerous awards and scholarships, he became, at the age of 20, principal bassist of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra in Amsterdam in 2006. Since then, he has been invited to play as principal bassist guest with numerous orchestras such as; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra BBC Symphony, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera, Orchester National de France, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Amsterdam Sinfonietta, among others , where he played under the direction of the most outstanding conductors and soloists.

Luis has collaborated with groups of different styles, making both baroque, classical and contemporary repertoire with groups such as Arcangelo, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, London Sinfonietta, BandArt, or the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Orchestra of Spain among others. Very active as a chamber music performer, soloist and teacher, these engagements frequently take him to Portugal, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Argentina, Mexico, Greece, Peru, Colombia, Hong Kong and, of course, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. where he has performed both solo and in small groups in venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Barbican Hall, LSO St Luke's, Het Concertgebouw, De Doelen, Den Haag KonCon and Palacio de Cibeles in Madrid among others.

Luis joined the teaching staff at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2012 and has been a visiting lecturer and coach at various universities and youth orchestras, including CSKG in Madrid, CSMA in Zaragoza, Forum Musikae, JONC and JONDE. Since 2018 he is also a professor at the Rotterdam Conservatory (CODARTS). Luis has recorded with various chamber groups for labels such as EMI Classics, NAXOS and Pentatone, and has collaborated with BBC Radio 3's prestigious New Generation Artists program in addition to recordings for the Dutch classical channel NPO4 Avrotos. His album with the TRPTK label “Canto interno” had great international acclaim including Grammophone, The Strad and BBC classical music magazine among others. As of 2021, Luis joined the online performance and educational platform String Virtuoso as a featured artist.

Luis plays a double bass made by Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi, c.1770, kindly on loan from the collection of the Dutch Musical Instrument Foundation (NMF).