© Photo: Laura Soriano
© Photo: Laura Soriano
Saturday, Oct 5 2024 · noon
Ermita de San Sebastián | Granada
[Free entry]
Lecture /
DARÍO TAMAYO
Quiebros & Redobles:
Ornamentation in 16th-century Iberian Keyboard Music
Notes /
In this lecture, the harpsichordist, organist and conductor Darío Tamayo presents us with a panoramic and detailed view of the ornamentation in Iberian keyboard music of the 16th century, compiling and synthesizing all the information contained in this regard in the main theoretical sources of the time. To do so, a detailed and critical review of these sources is carried out, establishing a comparison between the data they offer with respect to different parameters (nomenclature, typology, description, uses, fingerings, etc.). Finally, a series of conclusions will be collected for practical use by any performer who wishes to approach this repertoire from a historically informed perspective.
Biographies /
Darío Tamayo
Born in Granada, he began his musical training at an early age. After studying Piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Granada and at the Musikeon-Center for Piano Specialization in Valencia, he moved to Barcelona, where he studied a Bachelor’s Degree in Harpsichord with Luca Guglielmi at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC). Nowadays, he lives in Geneva (Switzerland), where he is studying for a Master's Degree in Conducting of Baroque Ensembles (Maestro al cembalo) at the Haute École de Musique de Genève, with Leonardo García Alarcón.
As a conductor, he has led several orchestral ensembles, such as Berlin Sinfonietta, London Classical Soloists, Orchestra Frau Musika, Barcelona Baroque Orchestra, Granada Philharmonia Orchestra, or León Youth Orchestra; besides, he has conducted some vocal groups, like Coro del Friuli Venezia Giulia, Vokalsystem Berlin and Tomás Luis de Victoria Choir. As a harpsichordist, he has collaborated with groups such as Cantoría, Serendipia Ensemble, Granada Baroque Orchestra and the Akademie Versailles of Collegium Marianum Prague, among others. In 2013, he founded the early music group Íliber Ensemble, becoming its Artistic Director and Principal Conductor from then on. Since 2017, he has been the Artistic Director in the staged productions by the Granada Baroque Orchestra. Since 2020, he is Harpsichordist/Organist of Continuum XXI, a Spanish-German group specialized in Contemporary Music on historical instruments and, since 2022, he is also the Harpsichordist of the Barcelona Baroque Orchestra. In 2021, he participated as harpsichordist and conductor of the Granada Festival Baroque Academy, working hand-in-hand with Carlos Mena. Since 2022, he is Assistant Conductor of the Orchestra Frau Musika of Vicenza (Italy), whose Principal Conductor is Andrea Marcon.
As a result of these activities, he has performed concerts in most Spain, Europe and China, playing in music halls such as Daning Theatre (Shanghai), Hellerau Festspielhaus (Dresden), L’Auditori and Palau de la Música Catalana (Barcelona), Palau de la Música (Valencia), Teatros del Canal (Madrid), Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, City of León Auditorium or Manuel de Falla Auditorium (Granada), among others. He has made recordings for the Spanish National Television (RTVE) and for the IBS Classical and Patrimonio Sonoro labels.
As a researcher, he has published several articles and has given lectures at institutions such as the University of La Rioja, Madrid Royal Conservatory and Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya. Besides, he has made the first translation into Spanish in the history of the first edition of L’art de toucher le clavecin by François Couperin, published in Valencia in 2016, coinciding with the tercentenary of the original publication.