Tasto Solo
Tasto Solo combines creativity, historical research, and virtuosity in its exploration of medieval and early renaissance music. Led by director and founder Guillermo Pérez, the ensemble illustrates the refinement of this exquisite repertoire and captivates the audience through a unique musical language of dramatic rhythm, mise-en-scène, improvisation, and a playful dialogue between performers. The ensemble has played a decisive role in the recovery and diffusion of forgotten musical repertoires, presenting them in renewed splendor on stage.
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 dedicated 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 January 2023 on Alia Vox.
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 AMUZ and Laus Polyphoniae, Festival de Saintes, Concertgebouw Brugge, Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, Montalbâne Festival, 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 Russian Early Music 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 programs.