
Juan
Díaz de Corcuera Herrador
Voice (tenor, in its historical meaning).
Roots
I was born in Bilbao (Vizcaya), but I don’t know Basque…. and I grew up in a small village in the south of Navarre.
Study
I was a pueri-cantor in the Escolanía de la Abadía de la Santa Cruz (San Lorenzo del Escorial). I studied singing at the Conservatory of Pamplona (Navarra). I completed my studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
Professional
Until shortly before the pandemic, I was a professor specializing in historical performance practice in the master’s degree program
“
Musical studies
”
at the Universidad Central (Bogotá, Colombia). I am currently a freelance early music performer and work on musicological projects commissioned by other performers.
Why
Since childhood I have been seduced by the idea of playing the music of the past, studying the information we have about its performance.
Elective Affinities
Something that changed my life was a train trip through Italy in the summer of 1994, singing Monteverdi madrigals on the streets… that was beautiful and terrifying at the same time.
Something else
I just finished a Master’s degree in Applied Musicology at the University of La Rioja and I am about to start a PhD in Musicology at the same university. In 2000 I won the Musica Antiqua competition (Bruges) and the IYAP of Laus Polyphoniae (Antwerp) with the ensemble La Trulla de Bozes.
Interview on November project 2022 see details foldout video
2025
September
Festival 2025 «ARCADIA»
2. ReRenaissance FestivalBasel, Martinskirche
October
Brummen und Blaßen
Douçaine, Rackett and DulcianBarfüsserkirche
Basel Historical Museum
November
Byrd and the Baron
A secret ChristmasBarfüsserkirche
Basel Historical Museum
December
Advent Calendar
Daily online surprisesGold-printed paper calendar