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 a indisputable reference in the Early Music scene.

Rediscovering the
early realms of
musical art

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.

DISCOVER OUR NEW RECORDING: EROS & SUBTILITAS

DISCOVER OUR NEW RECORDING: EROS & SUBTILITAS

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, Cantar di Pietre, Wratislavia Cantans, 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 programmes.

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 recently been released on Alia Vox.

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 architecture
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 and Diabolus in Musica, 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. 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

August 6 & 7th · Genève (CH)
Concerts d’été à St. Germain
La Flor en Paradis

August 12, 13 & 14th · FeMAP (ES)
Festival de Música Antiga dels Pirineus
La Flor en Paradis

August 24th · Varengeville-sur-Mer (FR)
Académie Bach Festival
Philippe de Vitry · Motets

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