GUILLERMO PÉREZ

Tasto Solo combines creativity, historical research, and virtuosity in its exploration of medieval and early renaissance music. Led by director, keyboard specialist, and founder Guillermo Pérez, Tasto Solo has become an indisputable reference in the Early Music scene.

Rediscovering the early realms of musical art,
from the 13th to
the 16h century:

The ensemble illustrates the refinement of these exquisite repertoires through a unique musical language comprised of dramatic rhythm, mise-en-scène, improvisation, and a playful dialogue between performers.

Since its international debut in 2006, Tasto Solo has performed in prestigious concert halls and early music festivals all over Europe, including L’Auditori de Barcelona, the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, Brussels’ Bozar, Konzerthaus Berlin, Wiener Konzerhaus, Utrecht Oude Muziek Festival, the Fondation Royaumont, Antwerp’s Laus Polyphoniae, Festival de Saintes, Concertgebouw Brugge, Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, Académie Bach, Vannes Early Music Institute, Festival de Ribeauvillé, Les Concerts de St. Germain, Cantar di Pietre, Wratislavia Cantans, The Budapest House of Music, Festival de Música Antigua de Sevilla, Semana de Música Religiosa de Cuenca, Printemps des Arts de Nantes, Voix et Route Romane and The Early Music Russian Foundation, among many others. In 2020 the group made its debut in the USA with a concert tour in collaboration with the Arizona State University Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. From 2019 to 2022 Tasto Solo was Artist-in-Residence at the Château de Bournazel in Aveyron, France. The ensemble is also associated with the Académie Bach in Arques-la-Bataille, France, for the research and development of new programes. For the season 2024-25 Tasto Solo will be presenting a series of new programs with music from the 13th to the early 16th centuries.

CONCERTS

“A great concert evening that we won’t soon forget”
Ritmo Magazine

“One of those rare concerts where all the works fit together”
Audio Clásica

“Tasto Solo drew a stunning expressive richness”
Goldberg

Tasto Solo’s acclaimed discography includes two volumes from a triptych project devoted to 15th century keyboard music, “Meyster ob allen Meystern” and “Le chant de leschiquier”, as well as a disc devoted to early 16th century English repertoire, “Early Modern English Music: 1500-1550” (all released by Passacaille). These recordings have received multiple international press awards including the Diapason d’Or, ICMA Nomination, Amadeus “CD of the Month”, Ritmo & Audio Classica’s “Excellent”, Pizzicato’s “Supersonic”, Scherzo’s “Exceptional”, France Musique “Coup de Coeur”. Tasto Solo’s new recording Eros & Subtilitas: Capricci, Madrigali e Danze in Dialogo, featuring instrumental and vocal Italian Renaissance Music by Vincenzo Ruffo and contemporaries, has been released in 2023 on Jordi Savall’s Alia Vox label.

RECORDINGS

“Absolutely perfect”
Pizzicato

“The ensemble confirms its prominent place in the medieval scene”
Diapason Magazine

“Tasto Solo has been taking the early-music world by storm”
Early Music America

13th century early polyphony
French and Italian Ars Nova
Motets & Gothic musical architectures
Franco-Flemish 15th century chanson
English early modern music
Italian Renaissance music
Contemporary works

Recordings and live concert excerpts:

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Born in Barcelona, 1980, Guillermo Pérez is a conductor, researcher, specialist of early keyboards, and renowned virtuoso player of the organetto, the iconic and expressive portative organ from the 14th and 15th century. Founder and artistic director of Tasto Solo, he also collaborates with some of the most famous Early Music ensembles as Mala Punica, J. Savall & Hespèrion XXI, Micrologus, Diabolus in Musica, among others, recording many CDs over the years. He has given lectures and masterclasses in numerous European institutions, creating educational programs and opening new classes for Medieval music at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels, the CIRMA in Moissac, the Girona Conservatory of Music in Spain, and the Centro Studi Europeo di Musica Medievale in Spello. He is currently teaching Renaissance music at the Conservatoire of Toulouse, France. Together with Italian organ maker Walter Chinaglia, he (re)constructs medieval and early Renaissance organetti and organ models. In 2012 they brought to life the surprising organ designed by Leonardo da Vinci in 1503 and preserved in one of his personal notebooks, the Codex Madrid II from the Biblioteca Nacional de España.

GUILLERMO PÉREZ

UPCOMING 2024

April 11th · Napoli (IT), Fondazione Turchini: Aragóniai Beatrix
Mai 25th · St.-Guilhem-le-Désert (FR), CIMM: El Canto Coronado
June 8th · Sant Pere de Ponts (ES): El Naixement de la Música
August 7th · Musica Divina Kraków (PL): Marian Liturgy
August 12th · Festival Jordi Savall (ES): La Flor en Paradis
August 16th · Casalarreina Clássica (ES): La Flor en Paradis
August 25th · Utrecht Early Music Festival (NL): Jupiter in Gemini
August 27th · Utrecht Early Music Festival (NL): Henricus me fecit
August 31st · Festival Terrer Priorat (ES): La Flor en Paradis
September 10th · FloReMus, Firenze (IT): La Flor en Paradis

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