XAVIER DÍAZ-LATORRE

Historical Plucked Instruments

Schedule

2025

08 Jan 2025 ANVERS Savall
10 Jan 2025 BRUSSELS Savall
11 Jan 2025 LUXEMBURG Savall
15 Jan 2025 HALL TIROL Savall
25 Jan 2025 MADRID Solo Vihuela Recital Fundación March
26 Jan 2025 TERRASSA Concert en memòria de Jordi Ballester

02-07 Feb 2025 BEINWIL CD recording
24-28 Feb 2025 ALACANT Master de Guitarra


02 Mar 2025 BASLE Concert Hommage to Oscar Ghiglia 
15 Mar 2025 CAMBRIDGE  Savall
18-20 Mar 2025 TRONDHEIM solo Recital and masterclass, Reserva
30 Mar 2025 BASEL ReRenaissance Vihuela Recital, Reserva

08-19 April 2025 USA 
    10 PHILADELPHIA
    11 NEW YORK
    13 BOSTON
    15 LA JOLLA
    16 COSTA MESA
    18 ROHNERT PARK 

16 May 2025 YEREVAN Folies Savall
29-30 May 2025 BAD AROLSEN Nostalgia Heumann

10 Jun 2025 LONDON   Le nuove musiche Savall
12 Jun 2025 SOFIA   Le nuove musiche Savall
15 Jun 2025 MAGUELON Le nuove musiche Savall
17 Jun 2025 BORDEAUX   Le nuove musiche Savall
24 Jun 2025 BRATISLAVA Laberintos Ingeniosos Recital, David Mayoral, Xavier Diaz-Latorre
29 Aug 2025 Jul AMHERST (USA) Course

16 Jul 2025 FONTFROIDE Savall
17 Jul 2025 FONTFROIDE Savall
18 Jul 2025 FONTFROIDE Savall
20 Jul 2025  GRAZ Mar de Músicas  Savall

30 Aug 2025 CRACOW Savall, Les goûts réunis 

17 Sep 2025 LOUVAIN  Savall
18 Sep 2025 ROYAN Savall
19 Sep 2025 AMBOISE F&R Savall
26 Sep 2025 METZ Elisabethan consort music Savall
27 Sep 2025 METZ The teares of the Muses Savall
29 Sep 2025 CESKÁ LIPA The teares of the Muses Savall

07 Nov 2025 BARCELONA Savall

21 Dec 2025 BOSWILL F&R Savall


2026

30 Jan 2026 INNSBRUCK Solo Recital




About

Xavier Díaz Latorre was born in Barcelona in 1968. He studied at advanced level with Oscar Ghiglia at the Musikhochschule, Basel, graduating in 1993. His subsequent interest in early music led him to study the lute with Hopkinson Smith at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. He has completed several courses in choral conducting and a post-graduate course in orchestral conducting.

Since 1995 he has been actively involved in the world of baroque opera, having participated in major productions such as Semele (Handel) at the Berlin State Opera with the Akademie für alte Musik, Berlin, conducted by René Jacobs; L’Orfeo (Monteverdi) at the Goldoni Theatre, Florence, the Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels,  Covent Garden, London, the Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, the Théâtre des Champs Élysées, Paris, and the BAM, New York, again under René Jacobs but with Concerto Vocale; L’Orfeo again, but with Le Concert des Nations and Jordi Savall at the Teatro Real, Madrid and the Liceu, Barcelona; Solimano (Johann Adolf Hasse) at the Berlin and Dresden State Operas with Concerto Köln and René Jacobs; La Serva Padrona (Pergolesi) at the Philharmonie, Berlin and Ludwigsburg Castle with the Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble and Thomas Hengelbrock; Dal Male il Bene (Marco Marazzoli and Antonio Maria Abbatini) at the Landestheater, Innsbruck with Concerto Vocale and Attilio Cremonesi; Don Chisciote della Mancia in Sierra Morena (Francesco Bartolomeo Conti) with the University of Salamanca Baroque Orchestra and Wieland Kuijken.

Xavier Díaz-Latorre frequently takes part in major international festivals in Europe, the USA, South America, and South Korea. He is a member of renowned orchestras and chamber groups such as those conducted by Jordi Savall – Hesperion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert de Nations, and has been invited to perform with other major orchestras and ensembles such as the Orquesta Nacional de España or Al Ayre Español.

He has his own vocal and instrumental ensemble, Laberintos Ingeniosos, which specialises in performance of music from the Spanish Golden Age. The group’s first disc, Danzas de Rasgueado y Sones de Palacio, with music by the Aragonese composer Gaspar Sanz, recorded on the Zig-Zag Territoires label, has received excellent reviews in the media, and has been broadcast by several international radio stations throughout Europe, Israel, Australia, South Korea and North America. Laberintos Ingeniosos has now made further CDs of music from the Iberian Peninsula performed on period instruments, such as Goyesca, seguidillas boleras, with music by Fernando Sor, and “...entre el cielo y el infierno...”, with works by Francisco de Guerau and José Marín. In addition, Xavier Díaz-Latorre has taken part in over 30 CDs for Alia Vox and Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, and has made recordings for numerous television and radio stations in Europe, North and South America and South Korea.

He has been invited to give courses at many venues in Spain, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, also at Seoul (South Korea). He is resident teacher of lute, bass continuo and chamber music at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya and at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels 

Pedagogics

Pedagogics
Xavier Díaz-Latorre teaches early plucked instruments, chamber music and bass continuo at the ESMUC (Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya)
www.esmuc.cat
Xavier Díaz-Latorre teaches early plucked instruments and bass continuo at the KCB (Royal Conservatory of Brussels)
www.kcb.be
Xavier Díaz-Latorre has been invited to give masterclasses and courses at some of the most prestigious festivals and music colleges in the world, such as:
Juilliard School of music, New York USA
Amherst Early Music Festival, New London USA 
Madison Early Music Festival, Madison USA
University South California USA
Lute Society of America (LSA), Cleveland USA 
New York Continuo Collective, New York USA 
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro USA
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Switzerland
Sibelius Academy Helsinki, Finland
Master Internacional de Guitarra de Alicante, Spain
Hochshule für Musik Würzburg  
Moscow International Festival "Virtuosos of guitar", Russia
Associazione Archetipa Ottava di Roma, Italy
AALGA Buenos Aires, Argentina
Festival de Müsica Antiga San Luís de Potosí, Mexico
Yoshizumi Guitar Academy Tokyo
Yonsei University Seoul, Korea
Skofja Loka, Slovenia 





 


Discography

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FERNANDO SOR
Pièces pour la Guitare

FERNANDO SOR
Pièces pour la Guitare
Works for Romantic Guitar 
Xavier Díaz-Latorre,
Guitar built by Blaise le Jeune, c.1830-1850
Restored by Carlos González
Passacaille_1117

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FRANCESCO da MILANO
Il Libro della Fortuna

Works for Viola da mano & Lute
Xavier Díaz-Latorre,
Viola da mano tenor by
Carlos González
Viola da mano bass by
Patrick Hoopmans
Lute by Grant Tomlinson
CR_9048

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LUIS de NARVÁEZ
Los Libros del Delphin

Los Libros del Delphin
Complete solo works for Vihuela
Xavier Díaz-Latorre,
6 course vihuelas by
Carlos González and by
Patrick Hoopmans
Passacaille_1049

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BIBER, BACH, TELEMANN, WESTHOFF, WEISS
Stolen Roses

Stolen Roses
Solo works for Lute
Xavier Díaz-Latorre,
13 course Lute by
Grant Tomlinson
Passacaille_1030

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ROBERT de VISÉE
Piéces pour le théorbe & la guitare

Solo works for Theorbo & Guitar
Xavier Díaz-Latorre,
14 course Theorbo by
Jaume Bosser and
5 course guitars by
Peter Biffin
Passacaille_1038

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FRANCISCO GUERAU
Poema Harmonico

Complete solo works for Guitar
Xavier Díaz-Latorre,
5 course guitars by
Julio Castaños
Passacaille_998

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GASPAR SANZ,  
Danzas de rasgueado y diversos sones de palacio

Laberintos Ingeniosos
Xavier Díaz-Latorre, baroque guitar
Pedro Estevan, percussion
C 9630

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ALBÉNIZ, SOR, SANZ, MURCIA, GUERAU
The Lion Guitar

Solo works for Period Guitars
Xavier Díaz-Latorre,
4 guitars from the Museu de la Música de Barcelona
Anon, Pagès & Torres
CR_9623

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MARÍN, GUERAU  
Entre el cielo y el infierno

Laberintos Ingeniosos
Lambert Climent, voice
Pedro Estevan, percussion
Xavier Díaz-Latorre, 5c guitar
Pedro Estevan, percussion
Outhere Music

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FERNANDO SOR, 
GOYESCA, Seguidillas boleras

Laberintos Ingeniosos
Lambert Climent, tenor
Lluís Vilamajó, tenor
Jordi Ricart, bariton
Pedro Estevan, castanets
Enrique Solinís, romantic guitar
Xavier Díaz-Latorre, romantic guitar, director
ZZT080201

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Canciones populares española

Isabel Pedro, mezzosoprano
Xavier Díaz-Latorre, romantic guitar
LMG2055

Media

LaberintosIngeniosos

LaberintosIngeniosos

LaberintosIngeniosos is a project that started about the year 2000 when Pedro Estevan and Xavier Díaz-Latorre released their first recording, (Sones de Palacio & Danças de Rasgueado)featuring music by Gaspar Sanz. Since that time, Laberintos Ingeniosos has been exploring the rich variety of music from the Iberian repertoire which ranges from the medieval Cantigas of Santa Maria, the collection from Alfonso the 10th (the Wise), all the way to the Seguidillas Boleras by Fernando Sor written in the 19th Century. This rich collection of repertoire explored by LaberintosIngeniosos also includes the poliphony of Juan Vásquez, Francisco Guerrero and Tomás Luís de Victoria, and the tonos humanos by José Marín. The next record will feature the music of Santiago de Murcia, which will be released very soon.

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