[7] Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1977,[8][6] into an Italian family originating in Liguria she graduated in classical guitar and started her concert career there.
[9] She moved to Europe in 1997 and decided to study lute at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis-Swiss Music Academy in Basel, Switzerland.
[9] She has accompanied soloists such as Jordi Savall, Andrea Marcon, Giovanni Antonini and Simon Rattle as a Continuo player, participating in 30 CD productions.
[12][13] [14][15] Mascardi began teaching Hauptfach Laute in 2010 at the Conservatorio Antonio Vivaldi in Alessandria, Italy.
[9] Mascardi has recorded five solo albums, including two of works by Bach and Weiss (ORF-Alte Musik, Austria 2003 and 2009), and one of theorbo solos by the Modena-born Bellerofonte Castaldi (Arcana 2011) and one of works by the Belgian lutenist and composer Laurent de Saint-Luc (Musique en Wallonie 2018).