Luis Cabrera was born in Spain in 1985 and began playing the double bass at the age of 10. After completing his studies in Madrid, where he learned from Professor Rafael de Frias and later from Karen Martirossian, he moved to London in 2002 to pursue his undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama under Professor Rinat Ibragimov. He then completed a Master's degree at the Hans Eisler University in Berlin, studying under Professor Janne Saksala.