In 1997 she started studying lute at the « Schola Cantorum Basiliensis » (Switzerland) with Hopkinson Smith and in 2001 she obtained her Solisten Diplom. She also obtained a diploma in lute from the « Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia » under the guidance of M°Tiziano Bagnati.

She has performed as a soloist in many festivals such as Fringe Barcelona, Basler Lauten Abende, Luth and Theorbe Geneve, Early Music London, Concentus Brno, Orpheum Zurich, Resonnanzen Wien, etc.
She has recorder several Solo-Cds : Bach Weiss (2004) and Sylvius Leopold Weiss (2011) with ORF Austria and Ferita d'amore (2011) by Arcana Italy which have received enthusiastic reviews and won numerous awards (Diapason Decouverte, 5 Stars Goldberg, Supersonic Pizzicato)

As a continuo-player Evangelina Mascardi collaborates with Il Giardino Armonico (dir. Giovanni Antonini), Zefiro (dir. Alfredo Bernardini), Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra (dir. Sir John Eliot Gardiner), Ensemble Aurora (dir. Enrico Gatti). She has recorded more than 40 cds with Archiv, Alpha, Ambroise, ORF, Naive, Zig Zag Territoires, Sony Classical with several ensembles.

She has performed baroque operas in many theatres throughout Europe and America, for example Champs-Élysées Paris, Brooklyn Academy of Music New York, Carnegie Hall New York, Teatro Colon de Buenos Aires, Tokyo Opera Hall, Teatro La Fenice, Theatre de Bordeaux, Frankfurter Opera, Theater Basel, Opera National de Paris.

Evangelina Mascardi is currently professor of lute at the Conservatorio Rossini, Pesaro.