GUSTAVO DÍAZ-JEREZ
Gustavo Díaz-Jerez is one of the foremost Spanish pianists and composers of his generation, Gustavo Díaz-Jerez has gained an international following among audiences as well as unanimous critical acclaim for his performances of both contemporary music and the time-honored repertoire.
Born in the Spanish Canary Islands, Gustavo Díaz-Jerez studied piano with J. A. Rodriguez at the Conservatorio Superior of Santa Cruz (Tenerife), and subsequently with Solomon Mikowsky at Manhattan School of Music in New York City, where he also studied composition with Giampaolo Bracali and Ludmila Ulehla. He was the recipient of the 2018 Martín Chirino Composition Contest.
As a composer, his works have been performed widely by soloists and ensembles around the world. In 2011 his orchestral work Ymarxa, commissioned by the Festival de Música de Canarias was premiered by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Charles Dutoit. His first opera, La casa imaginaria was premiered in 2018 with great audience success. In January 2024 the London Philharmonic Orchestra premiered Tajogaite, his second piano concerto with him as a soloist. Tajogaite will have its UK premiere, also with the LPO, during the 25-26 season in Queen Elisabeth Hall in London. His works are published by London-based Composer’s Edition.
His compositional language may be defined as “algorithmic spectralism”, merging elements of the spectralist movement (Grisey, Murail, Radulescu, etc.), in which timbre plays a fundamental role. An accomplished programmer as well, Gustavo Díaz-Jerez is author of FractMus, a Windows program that explores algorithmic/generative composition. He has written a number of articles on the subject that have been published by prestigious publications such as Electronic Musician.
He has performed extensively throughout Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, the UK and the USA, in many of the world’s most renowned halls, including Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, Royal Festival Hall in London, and numerous other eminent venues. He has performed as soloist with many of the world’s great orchestras, such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Turin Symphony, Northern Sinfonia, etc., as well as the major Spanish orchestras. He has collaborated with such conductors as Ivan Fischer, Cristiina Poska, Cristian Mandeal, Matthias Bamert, Gunther Herbig, Adrian Leaper, and others. He has been invited to play at various international music festivals,
