Samuel Diz (Spain, 1986) researches and performs the role played by the guitar in Lorca's generation through the music of Manuel de Falla, Rosita García Ascot, Salvador Bacarisse, Jesús Bal y Gay, Gustavo Durán, Robert Gerhard, and others composers who contributed to the renaissance of the Spanish musical language at the beginning of the XX century.
Graduated in Seville School of Music, under the supervision of Gaëlle Solal, Samuel Diz broadened his artistic training with guitarists Alen Garagic and Daekun Jang, as well as under the supervision of José Luis Rodrigo in several music courses in Compostela, where he received the Andrés Segovia – J.M. Ruiz Morales Award.
Graduated in Seville School of Music, under the supervision of Gaëlle Solal, Samuel Diz broadened his artistic training with guitarists Alen Garagic and Daekun Jang, as well as under the supervision of José Luis Rodrigo in several music courses in Compostela, where he received the Andrés Segovia – J.M. Ruiz Morales Award.
Samuel Diz has performed in several halls and festivals around Europe, America and Africa. Particularly remarkable are his performances at the Palace of Catalan Music and Juan March Foundation (Spain), University College Cork (Ireland), Ljubljana Modri Salon (Slovenia), Cucugnan Chamber Music Festival (France), Benito Fred Theatre (Puerto Rico), Harare International Festival of the Arts (Zimbabwe), The Council of Latin American and Iberian Studies in the University of Yale and Boston University (USA).
Samuel Diz completes his academic itinerary with a postgraduate diploma in Music Business Management from Pompeu Fabra University, in Barcelona, and he is currently the artistic director of the festival Música no Claustro in Tui’s Cathedral (Galicia - Spain).
Memoria de la melancolía (first album recorded with Lorca's original guitar)
Poliédrica, 2020: works by Gustavo Durán, Emiliana de Zubeldía, Baltasar Samper, Regino Sainz de la Maza, Adolfo Salazar, Carlos Guastavino, Daniel Fortea, Simón Tapia Colman and Manuel de Falla.
Impresiones y paisajes, como el primer libro de Lorca
Poliédrica, 2015: works by Rosita García Ascot, Salvador Bacarisse, Rodolfo Halffter, Manuel de Falla, Juan José Mantecón, Regino Sainz de la Maza, Fernando Buide del Real, Federico García Lorca, Robert Gerhard and Ángel Barrios.
Danzas puertorriqueñas
Puerto Rico, 2012: works by Juan E. Acosta.
Guitarra clásica galega
Ouvirmos, 2012: works by Rosita García Ascot, Jesús Bal y Gay, Fernando Buide del Real, Federico Mompou, José Chas, Paco Barreiro, Tino Prados, Manuel Herminio Iglesias, José Fernández Vide, Hermelindo Ruiz Mestre and Oswaldo Oro.
On the Road | Puerto Rico
Digital EP, 2012: works by Hermelindo Ruiz and José I. Quintón.
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Memoria de la melancolía (first album recorded with Lorca's original guitar)
Poliédrica, 2020: works by Gustavo Durán, Emiliana de Zubeldía, Baltasar Samper, Regino Sainz de la Maza, Adolfo Salazar, Carlos Guastavino, Daniel Fortea, Simón Tapia Colman and Manuel de Falla.
Impresiones y paisajes, como el primer libro de Lorca
Poliédrica, 2015: works by Rosita García Ascot, Salvador Bacarisse, Rodolfo Halffter, Manuel de Falla, Juan José Mantecón, Regino Sainz de la Maza, Fernando Buide del Real, Federico García Lorca, Robert Gerhard and Ángel Barrios.
Danzas puertorriqueñas
Puerto Rico, 2012: works by Juan E. Acosta.
Guitarra clásica galega
Ouvirmos, 2012: works by Rosita García Ascot, Jesús Bal y Gay, Fernando Buide del Real, Federico Mompou, José Chas, Paco Barreiro, Tino Prados, Manuel Herminio Iglesias, José Fernández Vide, Hermelindo Ruiz Mestre and Oswaldo Oro.
On the Road | Puerto Rico
Digital EP, 2012: works by Hermelindo Ruiz and José I. Quintón.
